Algebraic factor analysis: Tetrads, pentads and beyond

Probability Theory and Related Fields

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 463-493

  Drton, Mathias ^a   Sturmfels, Bernd ^b   Sullivant, Seth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34248227403     PISSN: 01788051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00440-006-0033-2     Document Type: Article

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