Wishart distributions for decomposable graphs

Details Wishart distributions for decomposable graphs Wishart distributions for decomposable graphs

2007-08-17

arxiv.org/abs/0708.2380v1

Annals of Statistics 2007, Vol. 35, No. 3, 1278-1323

Mathematics

Statistics Theory

Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009053606000001235 in the Annals of Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Inst

Scientific paper

10.1214/009053606000001235

When considering a graphical Gaussian model ${\mathcal{N}}_G$ Markov with respect to a decomposable graph $G$, the parameter space of interest for the precision parameter is the cone $P_G$ of positive definite matrices with fixed zeros corresponding to the missing edges of $G$. The parameter space for the scale parameter of ${\mathcal{N}}_G$ is the cone $Q_G$, dual to $P_G$, of incomplete matrices with submatrices corresponding to the cliques of $G$ being positive definite. In this paper we construct on the cones $Q_G$ and $P_G$ two families of Wishart distributions, namely the Type I and Type II Wisharts. They can be viewed as generalizations of the hyper Wishart and the inverse of the hyper inverse Wishart as defined by Dawid and Lauritzen [Ann. Statist. 21 (1993) 1272--1317]. We show that the Type I and II Wisharts have properties similar to those of the hyper and hyper inverse Wishart. Indeed, the inverse of the Type II Wishart forms a conjugate family of priors for the covariance parameter of the graphical Gaussian model and is strong directed hyper Markov for every direction given to the graph by a perfect order of its cliques, while the Type I Wishart is weak hyper Markov. Moreover, the inverse Type II Wishart as a conjugate family presents the advantage of having a multidimensional shape parameter, thus offering flexibility for the choice of a prior.

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