Description
Provides a covariance estimator for multivariate normal data that is sparse and positive definite. Implements the majorize-minimize algorithm described in Bien, J., and Tibshirani, R. (2011), "Sparse Estimation of a Covariance Matrix," Biometrika. 98(4). 807--820.
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| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc | NOTE |
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Maintainer: ‘Jacob Bien <jbien@usc.edu>’
No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
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Authors@R: c(person(given = "Jacob",
family = "Bien",
role = c("aut", "cre"),
email = "jbien@usc.edu"),
person(given = "Rob",
family = "Tibshirani",
role = "aut"))
as necessary.
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r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc
CRAN incoming feasibility
Maintainer: ‘Jacob Bien <jbien@usc.edu>’
No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
Authors@R: c(person(given = "Jacob",
family = "Bien",
role = c("aut", "cre"),
email = "jbien@usc.edu"),
person(given = "Rob",
family = "Tibshirani",
role = "aut"))
as necessary.
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r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang
CRAN incoming feasibility
Maintainer: ‘Jacob Bien <jbien@usc.edu>’
No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
Authors@R: c(person(given = "Jacob",
family = "Bien",
role = c("aut", "cre"),
email = "jbien@usc.edu"),
person(given = "Rob",
family = "Tibshirani",
role = "aut"))
as necessary.
NOTE
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc
CRAN incoming feasibility
Maintainer: ‘Jacob Bien <jbien@usc.edu>’
No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
Authors@R: c(person(given = "Jacob",
family = "Bien",
role = c("aut", "cre"),
email = "jbien@usc.edu"),
person(given = "Rob",
family = "Tibshirani",
role = "aut"))
as necessary.