| Notation | X ~ Wp(V, n) | ||
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| Parameters |
n > p − 1 degrees of freedom (real) V > 0 scale matrix (p × p pos. def) | ||
| Support | X (p × p) positive definite matrix | ||
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| Mean | |||
| Mode | (n − p − 1)V for n ≥ p + 1 | ||
| Variance | |||
| Entropy | see below | ||
| CF | |||
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In statistics, the Wishart distribution is a generalization of the gamma distribution to multiple dimensions. It is named in honor of John Wishart, who first formulated the distribution in 1928.[1] Other names include Wishart ensemble (in random matrix theory, probability distributions over matrices are usually called "ensembles"), or Wishart–Laguerre ensemble (since its eigenvalue distribution involve Laguerre polynomials), or LOE, LUE, LSE (in analogy with GOE, GUE, GSE).[2]
It is a family of probability distributions defined over symmetric, positive-definite random matrices (i.e. matrix-valued random variables). These distributions are of great importance in the estimation of covariance matrices in multivariate statistics. In Bayesian statistics, the Wishart distribution is the conjugate prior of the inverse covariance-matrix of a multivariate-normal random-vector.[3]
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- ^ Livan, Giacomo; Novaes, Marcel; Vivo, Pierpaolo (2018), Livan, Giacomo; Novaes, Marcel; Vivo, Pierpaolo (eds.), "Classical Ensembles: Wishart-Laguerre", Introduction to Random Matrices: Theory and Practice, SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 89–95, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-70885-0_13, ISBN 978-3-319-70885-0, retrieved 2023-05-17
- ^ Koop, Gary; Korobilis, Dimitris (2010). "Bayesian Multivariate Time Series Methods for Empirical Macroeconomics". Foundations and Trends in Econometrics. 3 (4): 267–358. doi:10.1561/0800000013.