Tree Pólya Splitting distributions for multivariate count data

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Autores principales: Valiquette, Samuel, Peyhardi, Jean, Marchand, Éric, Toulemonde, Gwladys, Mortier, Frédéric
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Publicado: 2024
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author Valiquette, Samuel
Peyhardi, Jean
Marchand, Éric
Toulemonde, Gwladys
Mortier, Frédéric
author_facet Valiquette, Samuel
Peyhardi, Jean
Marchand, Éric
Toulemonde, Gwladys
Mortier, Frédéric
contents In this article, we develop a new class of multivariate distributions adapted for count data, called Tree Pólya Splitting. This class results from the combination of a univariate distribution and singular multivariate distributions along a fixed partition tree. Known distributions, including the Dirichlet-multinomial, the generalized Dirichlet-multinomial and the Dirichlet-tree multinomial, are particular cases within this class. As we will demonstrate, these distributions are flexible, allowing for the modeling of complex dependence structures (positive, negative, or null) at the observation level. Specifically, we present the theoretical properties of Tree Pólya Splitting distributions by focusing primarily on marginal distributions, factorial moments, and dependence structures (covariance and correlations). A dataset of abundance of Trichoptera is used, on one hand, as a benchmark to illustrate the theoretical properties developed in this article, and on the other hand, to demonstrate the interest of these types of models, notably by comparing them to other approaches for fitting multivariate data, such as the Poisson-lognormal model in ecology or singular multivariate distributions used in microbiome.
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Valiquette, Samuel
Peyhardi, Jean
Marchand, Éric
Toulemonde, Gwladys
Mortier, Frédéric
Statistics Theory
In this article, we develop a new class of multivariate distributions adapted for count data, called Tree Pólya Splitting. This class results from the combination of a univariate distribution and singular multivariate distributions along a fixed partition tree. Known distributions, including the Dirichlet-multinomial, the generalized Dirichlet-multinomial and the Dirichlet-tree multinomial, are particular cases within this class. As we will demonstrate, these distributions are flexible, allowing for the modeling of complex dependence structures (positive, negative, or null) at the observation level. Specifically, we present the theoretical properties of Tree Pólya Splitting distributions by focusing primarily on marginal distributions, factorial moments, and dependence structures (covariance and correlations). A dataset of abundance of Trichoptera is used, on one hand, as a benchmark to illustrate the theoretical properties developed in this article, and on the other hand, to demonstrate the interest of these types of models, notably by comparing them to other approaches for fitting multivariate data, such as the Poisson-lognormal model in ecology or singular multivariate distributions used in microbiome.
title Tree Pólya Splitting distributions for multivariate count data
topic Statistics Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19528