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BDgraph (version 2.23)

rgwish: Sampling from G-Wishart distribution

Description

Generates random matrices, distributed according to the G-Wishart distribution with parameters b and D, $W_G(b, D)$.

Usage

rgwish( n = 1, G = NULL, b = 3, D = NULL )

Arguments

n
The number of samples required. The default value is 1.
G
The adjacency matrix corresponding to the graph structure. It should be an upper triangular matrix in which $g_{ij}=1$ if there is a link between notes $i$ and $j$, otherwise $g_{ij}=0$.
b
The degree of freedom for G-Wishart distribution, $W_G(b, D)$. The default value is 3.
D
The positive definite $(p \times p)$ "scale" matrix for G-Wishart distribution, $W_G(b, D)$. The default is an identity matrix.

Value

  • A numeric array, say A, of dimension $(p \times p \times n)$, where each $A[,,i]$ is a positive definite matrix, a realization of the G-Wishart distribution, $W_G(b, D)$.

Details

Sampling from G-Wishart distribution, $K \sim W_G(b, D)$, with density: $$Pr(K) \propto |K| ^ {(b - 2) / 2} \exp \left{- \frac{1}{2} \mbox{trace}(K \times D)\right},$$ which $b > 2$ is the degree of freedom and D is a symmetric positive definite matrix.

References

Lenkoski, A. (2013). A direct sampler for G-Wishart variates, Stat, 2:119-128 Mohammadi, A. and E. Wit (2015). Bayesian Structure Learning in Sparse Gaussian Graphical Models, Bayesian Analysis, 10(1):109-138 Mohammadi, A. and E. Wit (2015). BDgraph: An R Package for Bayesian Structure Learning in Graphical Models, arXiv:1501.05108 Mohammadi, A., F. Abegaz Yazew, E. van den Heuvel, and E. Wit (2015). Bayesian Gaussian Copula Graphical Modeling for Dupuytren Disease, arXiv:1501.04849

Examples

Run this code
G <- toeplitz( c( 0, 1, rep( 0, 3 ) ) )
G # Graph with 5 nodes and 4 links
   
sample <- rgwish( n = 3, G = G, b = 3, D = diag(5) )
round( sample, 2 )

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