summary.mpPLMIX {PLMIX}

Summary of the MAP estimation for a Bayesian mixture of Plackett-Luce models

Description

summary method for class mpPLMIX. It provides summaries for the MAP estimation of a Bayesian mixture of Plackett-Luce models.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'mpPLMIX'
summary(object, digits = 2, ...)

Arguments

object

Object of class mpPLMIX returned by the mapPLMIX or mapPLMIX_multistart function.

digits

Number of decimal places for rounding the summaries.

...

Further arguments passed to or from other methods (not used).

Value

A list of summaries for the mpPLMIX class object:

MAP_w

Numeric vector with the MAP estimates of the G mixture weights. Returned only when when G>1.

MAP_p

Numeric G\timesK matrix with the MAP estimates of the component-specific support parameters.

MAP_modal_orderings

Numeric G\timesK matrix with the estimated modal orderings of each mixture component.

group_distr

Numeric vector with the relative frequency distribution of the mixture component memberships based on MAP allocation. Returned only when when G>1.

perc_conv_rate

Numeric scalar with the percentage of MAP algorithm convergence over the multiple starting points. Returned only when summary.mpPLMIX is applied to the output of the mapPLMIX_multistart function.

Author(s)

Cristina Mollica and Luca Tardella

Examples

## Summary of the MAP procedure with a single starting point
data(d_carconf)
MAP <- mapPLMIX(pi_inv=d_carconf, K=ncol(d_carconf), G=3)
summary(MAP)

## Summary of the MAP procedure with 5 starting points
MAP_multi <- mapPLMIX_multistart(pi_inv=d_carconf, K=ncol(d_carconf), G=3, n_start=5)
summary(MAP_multi)