Estimation for Multivariate Normal and Student-t Data with
Monotone Missingness
Description
Estimation of multivariate normal and student-t data of
arbitrary dimension where the pattern of missing data is monotone.
Through the use of parsimonious/shrinkage regressions
(plsr, pcr, lasso, ridge, etc.), where standard regressions fail,
the package can handle a nearly arbitrary amount of missing data.
The current version supports maximum likelihood inference and
a full Bayesian approach employing scale-mixtures for Gibbs sampling.
Monotone data augmentation extends this
Bayesian approach to arbitrary missingness patterns.
A fully functional standalone interface to the Bayesian lasso
(from Park & Casella), Normal-Gamma (from Griffin & Brown),
Horseshoe (from Carvalho, Polson, & Scott), and ridge regression
with model selection via Reversible Jump, and student-t errors
(from Geweke) is also provided.