normalblockr
Implements the Normal-Block model, a Gaussian graphical model with a latent clustering structure for the multivariate analysis of continuous data. The model clusters variables and, building on the graphical lasso, infers a network of statistical dependencies between clusters rather than between individual variables, for known or unknown clusterings, with an optional zero-inflation extension for data with an excess of exact zeros. A complementary family clusters variables by their regression response to covariates rather than by their covariance, sharing one profile per cluster. See Tous & Chiquet (2026) <doi:10.1016/j.csda.2026.108347> for the model itself and its variational expectation-maximization estimation procedure.
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