Unbiased distance covariance {energy} | R Documentation |
These functions compute unbiased estimators of squared distance covariance and a bias-corrected estimator of (squared) distance correlation.
bcdcor(x, y)
dcovU(x, y)
x |
data or dist object of first sample |
y |
data or dist object of second sample |
The unbiased (squared) dcov is inner product definition of dCov, in the Hilbert space of U-centered distance matrices.
The sample sizes (number of rows) of the two samples must
agree, and samples must not contain missing values. Arguments
x
, y
can optionally be dist
objects;
otherwise these arguments are treated as data.
dcovU
returns the unbiased estimator of squared dcov.
bcdcor
returns a bias-corrected estimator of squared dcor.
Unbiased distance covariance (SR2014) corresponds to the biased
(original) \mathrm{dCov^2}
. Since dcovU
is an
unbiased statistic, it is signed and we do not take the square root.
For the original distance covariance test of independence (SRB2007,
SR2009), the distance covariance test statistic is the V-statistic
\mathrm{n\, dCov^2} = n \mathcal{V}_n^2
(not dCov).
Similarly, bcdcor
is bias-corrected, so we do not take the
square root as with dCor.
Maria L. Rizzo mrizzo@bgsu.edu and Gabor J. Szekely
Szekely, G.J. and Rizzo, M.L. (2014), Partial Distance Correlation with Methods for Dissimilarities. Annals of Statistics, Vol. 42 No. 6, 2382-2412.
Szekely, G.J., Rizzo, M.L., and Bakirov, N.K. (2007),
Measuring and Testing Dependence by Correlation of Distances,
Annals of Statistics, Vol. 35 No. 6, pp. 2769-2794.
doi: 10.1214/009053607000000505
Szekely, G.J. and Rizzo, M.L. (2009),
Brownian Distance Covariance,
Annals of Applied Statistics,
Vol. 3, No. 4, 1236-1265.
doi: 10.1214/09-AOAS312
x <- iris[1:50, 1:4]
y <- iris[51:100, 1:4]
dcovU(x, y)
bcdcor(x, y)