Semialgebraic statistics and latent tree models

Semialgebraic statistics and latent tree models

by Zwiernik, Piotr

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The first part of the book gives a general introduction to key concepts in algebraic statistics, focusing on methods that are helpful in the study of models with hidden variables. The author uses tensor geometry as a natural language to deal with multivariate probability distributions, develops new combinatorial tools to study models with hidden data, and describes the semialgebraic structure of statistical models. The second part illustrates important examples of tree models with hidden variab…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Semialgebraic statistics and latent tree models / Piotr Zwiernik.

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The first part of the book gives a general introduction to key concepts in algebraic statistics, focusing on methods that are helpful in the study of models with hidden variables. The author uses tensor geometry as a natural language to deal with multivariate probability distributions, develops new combinatorial tools to study models with hidden data, and describes the semialgebraic structure of statistical models. The second part illustrates important examples of tree models with hidden variables. The book discusses the underlying models and related combinatorial concepts of phylogenetic trees as well as the local and global geometry of latent tree models. It also extends previous results to Gaussian latent tree models. This book shows you how both combinatorics and algebraic geometry enable a better understanding of latent tree models. It contains many results on the geometry of the models, including a detailed analysis of identifiability and the defining polynomial constraints.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015.
  • Edition:1st

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Chapman & Hall/CRC
  • Place of Publication:Boca Raton
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource : : illustrations (black and white).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781466576223, 1466576227
  • oclc:ocn988216789
  • Dewey Decimal:519.5

Subjects

Latent variables Statistics Variables latentes

Writers

Zwiernik, Piotr

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