High-dimensional semiparametric bigraphical models

Yang Ning and Han Liu

Biometrika, 2013, vol. 100, issue 3, 655-670

Abstract: In multivariate analysis, a Gaussian bigraphical model is commonly used for modelling matrix-valued data. In this paper, we propose a semiparametric extension of the Gaussian bigraphical model, called the nonparanormal bigraphical model. A projected nonparametric rank-based regularization approach is employed to estimate sparse precision matrices and produce graphs under a penalized likelihood framework. Theoretically, our semiparametric procedure achieves the parametric rates of convergence for both matrix estimation and graph recovery. Empirically, our approach outperforms the parametric Gaussian model for non-Gaussian data and is competitive with its parametric counterpart for Gaussian data. Extensions to the categorical bigraphical model and the missing data problem are discussed. Copyright 2013, Oxford University Press.

Date: 2013
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