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On the derivatives of the normalising constant of the Bingham distribution

Kume, Alfred, Wood, Andrew T.A. (2007) On the derivatives of the normalising constant of the Bingham distribution. Statistics & Probability Letters, 77 (8). pp. 832-837. ISSN 0167-7152. (doi:10.1016/j.spl.2006.12.003) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:2847)

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Abstract

It is shown that an arbitrary joint partial derivative of the Bingham normalising constant, expressed in standard form, is proportional to the normalising constant of a Bingham distribution of higher dimension. Two consequences of this result are noted.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.spl.2006.12.003
Uncontrolled keywords: complex Bingham distribution; directional statistics; shape analysis
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA276 Mathematical statistics
Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA273 Probabilities
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science
Depositing User: Maureen Cook
Date Deposited: 25 Apr 2008 10:12 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:41 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/2847 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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