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spcov (version 1.3)

spcov-package: Sparse Estimation of a Covariance Matrix

Description

Performs the majorize-minimize algorithm described in

Arguments

Author

Jacob Bien and Rob Tibshirani

Maintainer: Jacob Bien <jbien@stanford.edu>

Details

Bien, J., and Tibshirani, R. (2011), "Sparse Estimation of a Covariance Matrix," Biometrika. 98(4). 807--820.

Generalized gradient descent is used to minimize each majorizer.

Package:spcov
Type:Package
Version:1.01
Date:2012-03-04
License:GPL-2
LazyLoad:yes

See the function spcov.

References

Bien, J., and Tibshirani, R. (2011), "Sparse Estimation of a Covariance Matrix," Biometrika. 98(4). 807--820.

See Also

spcov