Summary: Secant Varieties and Statistical Models
Elizabeth S. Allman
University of Alaska
Fairbanks TM
January 8, 2008
Joint Mathematics
Meetings
Joint work with
J. Rhodes Mathematics and Statistics
C. Matias CNRS, Laboratoire
Background:
"An application of classical invariant theory to identifiability in
non-parametric mixtures"
R. Elmore, P. Hall, and A. Neeman, Annales de L'institut Fourier,
(2005) 55(1), 1­28.
secant varieties identifiability of statistical parameters
JMM -- Secant Varieties and Statistical Models Slide 1
Example
For a population, 3 observed variables X, Y, Z.
1. height < 6 ft ( Y= 1, N= 2 )

Source: Allman, Elizabeth S. - Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Collections: Mathematics