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Probability Matrix Decomposition Models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Eric Maris ,
Paul De Boeck  and
Iven Van Mechelen
Eric Maris*
Affiliation:
University of Nijmegen
Paul De Boeck
Affiliation:
University of Leuven
Iven Van Mechelen
Affiliation:
University of Leuven
*
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Abstract

In this paper, we consider a class of models for two-way matrices with binary entries of 0 and 1. First, we consider Boolean matrix decomposition, conceptualize it as a latent response model (LRM) and, by making use of this conceptualization, generalize it to a larger class of matrix decomposition models. Second, probability matrix decomposition (PMD) models are introduced as a probabilistic version of this larger class of deterministic matrix decomposition models. Third, an algorithm for the computation of the maximum likelihood (ML) and the maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimates of the parameters of PMD models is presented. This algorithm is an EM-algorithm, and is a special case of a more general algorithm that can be used for the whole class of LRMs. And fourth, as an example, a PMD model is applied to data on decision making in psychiatric diagnosis.

Keywords

Boolean matrix decompositionlatent response modelclusteringtwo-way dataincomplete dataEM-algorithmpsychiatric diagnosis

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Original Paper
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Psychometrika , Volume 61 , Issue 1 , March 1996 , pp. 7 - 29
Copyright
© 1996 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

This paper is based on a chapter of the first author's doctoral dissertation, written at the University of Leuven and supervised by Paul De Boeck.

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