Algebraic factor analysis: tetrads, pentads and beyond

DOI10.1007/s00440-006-0033-2zbMath1111.13020arXivmath/0509390OpenAlexW3122804471WikidataQ57566451 ScholiaQ57566451MaRDI QIDQ880940

Seth Sullivant, Mathias Drton, Bernd Sturmfels

Publication date: 21 May 2007

Published in: Probability Theory and Related Fields (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0509390

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Learning and adaptive systems in artificial intelligence (68T05) Knowledge representation (68T30) Gröbner bases; other bases for ideals and modules (e.g., Janet and border bases) (13P10) Projective techniques in algebraic geometry (14N05)

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Uses Software

• Macaulay2
• SINGULAR
• TETRAD

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