Accession Number:

AD0735454

Title:

Some Inference Problems Associated with the Complex Multivariate Normal Distribution

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIV DALLAS TX DEPT OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE

Personal Author(s):

• Young, John C.

Report Date:

1971-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

94.0

Abstract:

Consider k q1 complex multivariate normal populations with the same variance-covariance matrix but with different means. The problem of the number of discriminant functions needed to discriminate among the k-populations is considered and shown to be equivalent to the rank of the mean-space. A test for this dimensionality being R is presented. Also developed is the statistic for testing the goodness of fit of a single hypothetical discriminant function. As in the case of the real normal populations, the test statistic for this single hypothetical function is presented as the product of two independent factors, whose distributions are given one measuring the direction aspect of the hypothetical function, and the other measures the collinearity aspect that is the necessity of only one function. Also included is the Bartlett decomposition of a complex Wishart matrix and some results pertaining to the coherence of complex random variables.

Descriptors:

• *MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
• RANDOM VARIABLES
• MATRICES(MATHEMATICS)
• ALGEBRA
• PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS
• DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
• COMPLEX VARIABLES

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE