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The Rasch Sampler

Authors :
Norman D. Verhelst
Source :
Journal of Statistical Software, Vol 20, Iss 4 (2007)
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
Foundation for Open Access Statistics, 2007.

Abstract

The Rasch sampler is an efficient algorithm to sample binary matrices with given marginal sums. It is a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm. The program can handle matrices of up to 1024 rows and 64 columns. A special option allows to sample square matrices with given marginals and fixed main diagonal, a problem prominent in social network analysis. In all cases the stationary distribution is uniform. The user has control on the serial dependency.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15487660
Volume :
20
Issue :
4
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Journal of Statistical Software
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.7d3941762b214e9abc8f53d0bf97cbb8
Document Type :
article