hal-00154382, version 1
Multi-parameter auto-models and their application
Biometrika 95, 2 (2008) 335-349
Abstract: Motivated by the modelling of non Gaussian data or positively correlated data on a lattice, extensions of Besag's Markov random fields auto-models to exponential families with multi-dimensional parameters have been proposed recently. In this paper, we provide a multiple-parameter analog of Besag's one-dimensional result that gives the necessary form of the exponential families for the Markov random field's conditional distributions. We propose estimation of parameters by maximum pseudo-likelihood and give a proof for the consistency of the estimators for the multi-parameter auto-model. The methodology is illustrated with some examples, particularly the building of a cooperative system with beta conditional distributions.
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- Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne
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- CNRS : UMR8174 – Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne
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- CNRS : UMR6625 – Université de Rennes 1 – École normale supérieure de Cachan - ENS Cachan – Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) : - RENNES – Université de Rennes II - Haute Bretagne
- Domain : Mathematics/Statistics
Statistics/Statistics Theory - Keywords : Auto-models – Multi-parameter exponential families – spatial cooperation – beta conditionals
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