The multivariate Watson distribution: maximum-likelihood estimation and other aspects

DOI10.1016/J.JMVA.2012.08.010zbMath1258.62062arXiv1104.4422OpenAlexW2020125737MaRDI QIDQ1931867

Suvrit Sra, Dmitriĭ Borisovich Karp

Publication date: 16 January 2013

Published in: Journal of Multivariate Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.4422

zbMATH Keywords

directional statisticsWatson distributionconfluent hypergeometricspecial functionhypergeometric identitiesKummer functiondiametrical clustering

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Directional data; spatial statistics (62H11) Estimation in multivariate analysis (62H12) Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30) Applications of hypergeometric functions (33C90) Confluent hypergeometric functions, Whittaker functions, ({}_1F_1) (33C15)

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