Generate n random matrices, distributed according
to the generalized inverse Wishart distribution with parameters
Sigma and df, \(W_p(\Sigma, df)\),
with sample size df less than the dimension p.
Let \(X_i\), \(i = 1, 2, ..., df\) be df
observations of a multivariate normal distribution with mean 0 and
covariance Sigma. Then \(\sum X_i X_i'\) is distributed as a pseudo
Wishart \(W_p(\Sigma, df)\). Sometimes this is called a
singular Wishart distribution, however, that can be confused with the case
where \(\Sigma\) itself is singular. Then the generalized inverse
Wishart distribution is the natural extension of the inverse Wishart using
the Moore-Penrose pseudo-inverse. This can generate samples for positive
semi-definite \(\Sigma\) however, a function dedicated to generating
singular normal random distributions or singular pseudo Wishart distributions
should be used if that is desired.
Note there are different ways of parameterizing the Inverse Wishart distribution, so check which one you need. Here, if \(X \sim IW_p(\Sigma, \nu)\) then \(X^{-1} \sim W_p(\Sigma^{-1}, \nu)\). Dawid (1981) has a different definition: if \(X \sim W_p(\Sigma^{-1}, \nu)\) and \(\nu > p - 1\), then \(X^{-1} = Y \sim IW(\Sigma, \delta)\), where \(\delta = \nu - p + 1\).
rGenInvWishart(n, df, Sigma)
| n | integer sample size. |
|---|---|
| df | integer parameter, "degrees of freedom", should be less than the
dimension of |
| Sigma | positive semi-definite \(p \times p\) "scale" matrix, the matrix parameter of the distribution. |
a numeric array, say R, of dimension
\(p \times p \times n\),
where each R[,,i] is a realization of the pseudo Wishart
distribution \(W_p(Sigma, df)\).
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set.seed(20181228) A <- rGenInvWishart(1L, 4L, 5.0 * diag(5L))[, , 1] A #> [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] #> [1,] 0.03316896 -0.084864096 0.003831550 0.031486573 0.060802330 #> [2,] -0.08486410 0.265497148 0.003410527 -0.059750288 -0.159210057 #> [3,] 0.00383155 0.003410527 0.025737818 -0.002461811 0.005335016 #> [4,] 0.03148657 -0.059750288 -0.002461811 0.045360861 0.054727822 #> [5,] 0.06080233 -0.159210057 0.005335016 0.054727822 0.139802644 # A should be singular eigen(A)$values #> [1] 4.227578e-01 4.247200e-02 2.813051e-02 1.620710e-02 -4.758659e-17 set.seed(20181228) B <- rPseudoWishart(1L, 4L, 5.0 * diag(5L))[, , 1] # A should be a Moore-Penrose pseudo-inverse of B B #> [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] #> [1,] 6.855443 -1.979593 9.123138 12.366797 -10.283094 #> [2,] -1.979593 11.310039 -2.313472 1.767831 13.168709 #> [3,] 9.123138 -2.313472 38.453046 1.981594 -8.875384 #> [4,] 12.366797 1.767831 1.981594 33.137945 -16.467918 #> [5,] -10.283094 13.168709 -8.875384 -16.467918 33.403804 # this should be equal to B B %*% A %*% B #> [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] #> [1,] 6.855443 -1.979593 9.123138 12.366797 -10.283094 #> [2,] -1.979593 11.310039 -2.313472 1.767831 13.168709 #> [3,] 9.123138 -2.313472 38.453046 1.981594 -8.875384 #> [4,] 12.366797 1.767831 1.981594 33.137945 -16.467918 #> [5,] -10.283094 13.168709 -8.875384 -16.467918 33.403804 # this should be equal to A A %*% B %*% A #> [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] #> [1,] 0.03316896 -0.084864096 0.003831550 0.031486573 0.060802330 #> [2,] -0.08486410 0.265497148 0.003410527 -0.059750288 -0.159210057 #> [3,] 0.00383155 0.003410527 0.025737818 -0.002461811 0.005335016 #> [4,] 0.03148657 -0.059750288 -0.002461811 0.045360861 0.054727822 #> [5,] 0.06080233 -0.159210057 0.005335016 0.054727822 0.139802644