Gaussian Markov Distributions over Finite Graphs

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Abstract
Gaussian Markov distributions are characterised by zeros in the inverse of their covariance matrix and we describe the conditional independencies which follow from a given pattern of zeros. Describing Gaussian distributions with given marginals and solving the likelihood equations with covariance selection models both lead to a problem for which we present two cyclic algorithms. The first generalises a published algorithm for covariance selection whilst the second is analogous to the iterative proportional scaling of contingency tables. A convergence proof is given for these algorithms and this uses the notion of $I$-divergence.

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