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Zbl 0972.62001
Geng, Zhi; Wan, Kang; Tao, Feng
Mixed graphical models with missing data and the partial imputation EM algorithm.
(English)
[J] Scand. J. Stat. 27, No.3, 433-444 (2000). ISSN 0303-6898; ISSN 1467-9469/e

The following model is considered. Let $G =(V, E)$ denote a graph, where $E$ is the set of edges, $V$ the set of vertices, and $V$ is partitioned as $V = \Delta \cup \Gamma$ into a dot set $\Delta$ and a circle set $F.$ A dot denotes a discrete variable and a circle denotes a continuous variable. Thus the random variables are $X_V = (X_v)_{v\in V}.$ The absence of an edge between a pair of vertices means that the corresponding variable pair is independent conditionally on the other variables which is the pairwise Markov property with respect to $G.$ The authors use a set of hyperedges to represent an observed data pattern. A normal graph represents a graphical model and a hypergraph represents an observed data pattern.\par In terms of mixed graphs the decomposition of mixed graphical models with incomplete date is discussed. The authors present a partial imputation method which can be used in the EM algorithm and the Gibbs sampler to speed up their convergence. For a given mixed graphical model and an observed data pattern a large graph decomposes into several small ones so that the original likelihood can be factorized into a product of likelihoods with distinct parameters for small graphs. For the case where a graph cannot be decomposed due to its observed data pattern the authors impute missing data partially such that the graph can be decomposed.
[Yu.V.Kozachenko (Ky\" iv)]
MSC 2000:
*62-07 Data analysis (statistics)
05C90 Appl. of graph theory
62-09 Graphical methods in statistics
60E99 Distribution theory in probability theory

Keywords: conditional Gaussian distributions; decompositions; graphical models; missing data; maximum likelihood estimates

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