Open Problems in Algebraic Statistics

zbMATH Open1158.13300arXiv0707.4558MaRDI QIDQ3601993FDOQ3601993

Authors: Bernd Sturmfels 

Publication date: 12 February 2009

Abstract: Algebraic statistics is concerned with the study of probabilistic models and techniques for statistical inference using methods from algebra and geometry. This article presents a list of open mathematical problems in this emerging field, with main emphasis on graphical models with hidden variables, maximum likelihood estimation, and multivariate Gaussian distributions. This article is based on a lecture presented at the IMA in Minneapolis during the 2006/07 program on Applications of Algebraic Geometry.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.4558

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zbMATH Keywords

conditional independenceSchur modulesmultivariate Gaussiangaussoid

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Contingency tables (62H17) Gröbner bases; other bases for ideals and modules (e.g., Janet and border bases) (13P10) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to commutative algebra (13-02) Computational aspects of higher-dimensional varieties (14Q15)

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