Man pages for scov
Structured Covariances Estimators for Pairwise and Spatial Covariates

avg_effectCalculate average effects (the mean effect over the matrix...
backward_transform_paramCalculates the backward transformation of the parameter
backward_transform_param_jacobianCalculates the Jacobian of the backwards transformation
calc_DmatCalculates the matrix D used in the quadratic minimization...
calc_dvecCalculates the vector d used in the quadratic minimization...
calc_mean_neighbor_effectCalculates the average correlation for the spatial effect
calc_Sigma_opt_frobMinimizes the Frobenius norm via quadratic optimization
calc_tilde_G_inv_partial_betaCalculates the derivative of the inverse of G (the CAR model...
combined_matListAdds combined effects to the matList via the Hadamard product
combined_matList_partial_derComputes the derivative of the correlation matrix w.r.t. beta
compute_marginal_corComputes non-positive-semidefinite approximation of...
cor_from_standard_errorsComputes correlation matrix from a normalized dataset...
correlation_matrixEstimates the correlation matrix of the dataset
CovMat_03Computes the correlation matrix corresponding to the SCE...
eta_D_derCalculates the derivative of the spatial average effect
Fisher_informationComputes the Fisher information matrix
forward_transform_paramTransforms the parameter using a logit and inverse softmax
frob_scalar_prodCalculates the Frobenius inner product between to square...
get_M_AComputes the matrices needed for the spatial effect
GradLogLikLogParm_02Calculates the gradient of the function of the transformed...
GradLogLikParm_02Calculates the gradient of the loglikelihood or the gradient...
iveComputes the initial value estimator (IVE)
LogLikLogParm_02Computes (a translation of) the loglikelihood for the...
LogLikParm_02Computes (a translation of) the loglikelihood
mat_support_distanceComputes a measure of distance between the support of two...
sceComputes the structured covariance matrix estimator (SCE)
scovComputes a structured estimator for covariance matrices
test_funcBootstrap simulations for the WSCE
tilde_G_invComputes the inverse of the correlation matrix of the CAR...
to_positive_definiteMaps the pairwise covariates to symmetric, positive definite...
true_LogLikParm_02Computes the "true" (i.e., not translated) log-likelihood...
wsceComputes the weighted structured covariance matrix estimator...
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