mvst-package {mvst}R Documentation

Bayesian Inference for the Multivariate Skew-t Model

Description

Estimates the multivariate skew-t and nested models, as described in the articles Liseo, B., Parisi, A. (2013). Bayesian inference for the multivariate skew-normal model: a population Monte Carlo approach. Comput. Statist. Data Anal. <doi:10.1016/j.csda.2013.02.007> and in Parisi, A., Liseo, B. (2017). Objective Bayesian analysis for the multivariate skew-t model. Statistical Methods & Applications <doi: 10.1007/s10260-017-0404-0>.

Details

Package: mvst
Type: Package
Title: Bayesian Inference for the Multivariate Skew-t Model
Version: 1.1.1
Date: 2023-12-05
Author: Antonio Parisi [aut, cre], Brunero Liseo [aut], Dirk Eddelbuettel [ctb], Romain Francois [ctb]
Maintainer: Antonio Parisi <antonio.parisi@uniroma2.it>
Description: Estimates the multivariate skew-t and nested models, as described in the articles Liseo, B., Parisi, A. (2013). Bayesian inference for the multivariate skew-normal model: a population Monte Carlo approach. Comput. Statist. Data Anal. <doi:10.1016/j.csda.2013.02.007> and in Parisi, A., Liseo, B. (2017). Objective Bayesian analysis for the multivariate skew-t model. Statistical Methods & Applications <doi: 10.1007/s10260-017-0404-0>.
SystemRequirements: GNU Scientific Library
License: GPL-3
Imports: MCMCpack, mvtnorm, mnormt

Index of help topics:

MNmargLike              Marginal Likelihood for the Multivariate Normal
                        Model.
bivPlot                 Marginal and joint plots for bivariate data.
cmlSE                   CML for the parameters of a p-variate
                        Skew-Elliptical model.
coef.mcSEsummary        Extract mcSE Model Coefficients.
dmvSE                   Density function for the SE distributions.
mcSE                    MC sampler for a p-variate Skew-Elliptical
                        model.
mvst-package            Bayesian Inference for the Multivariate Skew-t
                        Model
rmvSE                   Random generation from a SE distribution.
summary.mcSE            Summary function for mcSE objects.

Author(s)

Antonio Parisi [aut, cre], Brunero Liseo [aut], Dirk Eddelbuettel [ctb], Romain Francois [ctb]

Maintainer: Antonio Parisi <antonio.parisi@uniroma2.it>

References

Parisi A, Liseo B (2017). Objective Bayesian Analysis for the Multivariate Skew-t Model. Statistical Methods & Applications. ISSN 1613-981X. doi:10.1007/s10260-017-0404-0 Parisi, A., Liseo, B. (2018). Statistical Inference with Skew-t Distributions: the MVST R Package. Annali del Dipartimento di Metodi e Modelli per l'Economia il Territorio e la Finanza. ISSN 2385-0825. Liseo, B., Parisi, A. (2013). Bayesian inference for the multivariate skew-normal model: a population Monte Carlo approach. Comput. Statist. Data Anal. <doi:10.1016/j.csda.2013.02.007>


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