Unconstrained DeCovarT log-likelihood
Source:R/03_03_DeCovarT_estimate_ratios_frequentist.R
loglik_multivariate.RdEvaluates the conditional log-likelihood \(\ell_{\boldsymbol{y}\,|\,\boldsymbol{\zeta}}(\boldsymbol{p})\) of a bulk profile under the Gaussian convolution model of the article, $$ \boldsymbol{y}\,|\,(\boldsymbol{\zeta},\boldsymbol{p}) \sim\mathcal{N}_{G}\!\bigl(\boldsymbol{\mu}\boldsymbol{p},\, \boldsymbol{\Sigma}(\boldsymbol{p})\bigr), $$ with plug-in parameters \(\boldsymbol{\zeta}=(\boldsymbol{\mu},\{\boldsymbol{\Sigma}_j\}_{j=1}^{J})\) and mixture covariance \(\boldsymbol{\Sigma}(\boldsymbol{p})=\sum_{j}p_j^{2}\boldsymbol{\Sigma}_j\).
Arguments
- p
Numeric vector \(\boldsymbol{p}\in\mathbb{R}^{J}\).
- y
Numeric vector (or one-column matrix) \(\boldsymbol{y}\in\mathbb{R}^{G}\).
- mean_signature_matrix
Numeric matrix \(\boldsymbol{\mu}\in\mathcal{M}_{G\times J}\) (plug-in means).
- Sigma
Array of cell-type covariances in \(\mathcal{M}_{G\times G\times J}\).
Details
Up to an additive constant independent of \(\boldsymbol{p}\),
$$
\ell_{\boldsymbol{y}\,|\,\boldsymbol{\zeta}}(\boldsymbol{p})
=
-\log\det\boldsymbol{\Sigma}(\boldsymbol{p})
-\tfrac{1}{2}
(\boldsymbol{y}-\boldsymbol{\mu}\boldsymbol{p})^{\mathsf{T}}
\boldsymbol{\Sigma}(\boldsymbol{p})^{-1}
(\boldsymbol{y}-\boldsymbol{\mu}\boldsymbol{p}).
$$
Argument mean_signature_matrix stores the plug-in mean signature
\(\boldsymbol{\mu}\). Latent sample-specific profiles
\(\boldsymbol{x}_{\cdot j}\) are not observed; the frequentist
likelihood treats \(\boldsymbol{\mu}\) as a fixed proxy. Estimating those
latents jointly with \(\boldsymbol{p}\) requires a Bayesian / MAP step
(see .map_gaussian_convolution()).