- X_count
a count matrix, the observed count matrix.
- multiFac
an optional vector, the normalization factor for each unit; default as full-one vector.
- Z
an optional matrix, the covariate matrix; default as a full-one column vector if there is no additional covariates.
- rank_use
an optional integer, specify the rank of the regression coefficient matrix; default as 5.
- q
an optional string, specify the number of factors; default as 15.
- epsELBO
an optional positive vlaue, tolerance of relative variation rate of the envidence lower bound value, defualt as '1e-5'.
- maxIter
the maximum iteration of the VEM algorithm. The default is 30.
- verbose
a logical value, whether output the information in iteration.
- joint_opt_beta
a logical value, whether use the joint optimization method to update bbeta. The default is FALSE, which means using the separate optimization method.
- fast_svd
a logical value, whether use the fast SVD algorithm in the update of bbeta; default is TRUE.