LC.Avalue: U-statistic of tr(cov(X)^2)

Description Usage Arguments Value

Description

Calculate the A value as in Li and Chen (2012) equation (2.1), for estimating tr(cov(X)^2). As suggested in the paper, only the first term is used after centering data.

Usage

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Arguments

X

n by p matrix, columns are features, centered such that colMean=0

Value

A number, the U statistic for tr(cov(X)^2).


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