Linear estimating equations for exponential families with application to Gaussian linear concentration models
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DOI10.1016/J.LAA.2014.08.015zbMATH Open1312.62068arXiv1311.0662OpenAlexW2087055181WikidataQ57394005 ScholiaQ57394005MaRDI QIDQ2341892FDOQ2341892
Authors: Peter G. M. Forbes, Steffen Lauritzen 
Publication date: 6 May 2015
Published in: Linear Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: In many families of distributions, maximum likelihood estimation is intractable because the normalization constant for the density which enters into the likelihood function is not easily available. The score matching estimator of Hyv"arinen (2005) provides an alternative where this normalization constant is not required. The corresponding estimating equations become linear for an exponential family. The score matching estimator is shown to be consistent and asymptotically normally distributed for such models, although not necessarily efficient. Gaussian linear concentration models are examples of such families. For linear concentration models that are also linear in the covariance we show that the score matching estimator is identical to the maximum likelihood estimator, hence in such cases it is also efficient. Gaussian graphical models and graphical models with symmetries form particularly interesting subclasses of linear concentration models and we investigate the potential use of the score matching estimator for this case.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.0662
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