Covariance chains

Bernoulli

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 841-862

  Wermuth, Nanny ^a   Cox, D R ^b   Marchetti, Giovanni M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canonical parameters; Exponential families; Graphical chain models; Independence equivalence; Latent variables; Linear least squares regressions; Moment parameters; Orthogonal decompositions; Parameter equivalence; Reduced models; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947116180     PISSN: 13507265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3150/bj/1161614949     Document Type: Article

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