Finiteness of small factor analysis models

DOI10.1007/s10463-010-0293-6zbMath1440.62230arXiv0908.1736WikidataQ57566421 ScholiaQ57566421MaRDI QIDQ2634808

Mathias Drton, Han Xiao

Publication date: 19 February 2016

Published in: Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0908.1736

zbMATH Keywords

latent variables; multivariate normal distribution; graphical model; algebraic statistics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62H25: Factor analysis and principal components; correspondence analysis

13P10: Gröbner bases; other bases for ideals and modules (e.g., Janet and border bases)

13P25: Applications of commutative algebra (e.g., to statistics, control theory, optimization, etc.)

62R01: Algebraic statistics