An admissible estimator of the eigenvalues of the variance-covariance matrix is given for multivariate normal distributions with respect to the scale-invariant squared error loss.

We propose a sequential optimizing betting strategy in the multi-dimensional bounded forecasting game in the framework of game-theoretic probability of Shafer and Vovk (2001) [10]. By studying the asymptotic behavior of its capital process, we prove a generalization of the strong law of large...

We derive some results on contrarian and one-sided strategies of Skeptic for the fair-coin game in the framework of the game-theoretic probability of Shafer and Vovk [G. Shafer and V. Vovk. Probability and Finance -- It's Only a Game!, Wiley, New York, 2001]. In particular, as regards the rate...

For the statistical analysis of multiway contingency tables, we propose modeling interaction terms in each maximal compact component of a hierarchical model. By this approach we can search for parsimonious models with smaller degrees of freedom than the usual hierarchical model, while preserving...

In this paper we develop on a geometric model of social choice among bundles of interdependent elements (objects). Social choice can be seen as a process of search for optima in a complex multi- dimensional space and objects determine a decomposition of such a space into subspaces. We present a...

In this paper, we give an explicit and algorithmic description of Graver basis for the toric ideal associated with a simple undirected graph and apply the basis for testing the beta model of random graphs by Markov chain Monte Carlo method. Copyright The Institute of Statistical Mathematics,...

We apply the holonomic gradient method introduced by Nakayama et al. (2011) [23] to the evaluation of the exact distribution function of the largest root of a Wishart matrix, which involves a hypergeometric function 1F1 of a matrix argument. Numerical evaluation of the hypergeometric function...

We study properties of Fisher distribution (von Mises–Fisher distribution, matrix Langevin distribution) on the rotation group SO(3). In particular we apply the holonomic gradient descent, introduced by Nakayama et al. (2011) [16], and a method of series expansion for evaluating the...

Markov basis for statistical model of contingency tables gives a useful tool for performing the conditional test of the model via the Markov chain Monte Carlo method. In this paper, we derive explicit forms of Markov bases for change point models and block diagonal effect models, which are...