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ArticleJournal of the American Statistical Association2025

Large Precision Matrix Estimation with Unknown Group Structure.

Cong Cheng, Yuan Ke, Wenyang Zhang

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Article in Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Cong ChengDepartment of Statistics, University of Georgia.
Yuan KeDepartment of Statistics, University of Georgia.
Wenyang ZhangFaculty of Business Administration, University of Macau.

Funding

SCH: Contactless and Engagement-free Sleep Apnea Monitoring and CharacterizationR01HL172291 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI Yuan Ke, BRADLEY GEORGE PHILLIPS · 2023 to 2026
$1.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL172291
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The estimation of large precision matrices is crucial in modern multivariate analysis. Traditional sparsity assumptions, while useful, often fall short of accurately capturing the dependencies among features. This paper addresses this limitation by focusing on precision matrix estimation for multivariate data characterized by a flexible yet unknown group structure. We introduce a novel approach that begins with the detection of this unknown group structure, clustering features within the low-dimensional space defined by the leading eigenvectors of the sample covariance matrix. Following this, we employ group-wise multivariate response linear regressions, guided by the identified group memberships, to estimate the precision matrix. We rigorously establish the theoretical foundations of our proposed method for both group detection and precision matrix estimation. The superior numerical performance of our approach is demonstrated through comprehensive simulation experiments and a comparative analysis with established methods in the field. Additionally, we apply our method to a real breast cancer dataset, showcasing its practical utility and effectiveness.

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clustering analysishigh dimensionalitymulti-response regressionmultivariate analysis

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PMID40857501
PMCPMC12333598

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