graphpcor: Models for Correlation Matrices Based on Graphs

Implement some models for correlation/covariance matrices including two approaches to model correlation matrices from a graphical structure. One use latent parent variables as proposed in Sterrantino et. al. (2024) <doi:10.1007/s10260-025-00788-y>. The other uses a graph to specify conditional relations between the variables. The graphical structure makes correlation matrices interpretable and avoids the quadratic increase of parameters as a function of the dimension. In the first approach a natural sequence of simpler models along with a complexity penalization is used. The second penalizes deviations from a base model. These can be used as prior for model parameters, considering C code through the 'cgeneric' interface for the 'INLA' package (<https://www.r-inla.org>). This allows one to use these models as building blocks combined and to other latent Gaussian models in order to build complex data models.

Version: 0.1.24
Depends: R (≥ 4.3), Matrix, igraph, INLAtools (≥ 0.0.8), numDeriv
Imports: methods, stats, utils
Suggests: knitr
Published: 2026-03-23
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.graphpcor
Author: Elias Teixeira Krainski ORCID iD [cre, aut, cph], Denis Rustand ORCID iD [aut, cph], Anna Freni-Sterrantino ORCID iD [aut, cph], Janet van Niekerk ORCID iD [aut, cph], Haavard Rue’ ORCID iD [aut]
Maintainer: Elias Teixeira Krainski <eliaskrainski at gmail.com>
License: GPL-2 | GPL-3 [expanded from: GPL (≥ 2)]
NeedsCompilation: yes
CRAN checks: graphpcor results

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Reference manual: graphpcor.html , graphpcor.pdf
Vignettes: Tree based latent variables correlation model (source, R code)

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Package source: graphpcor_0.1.24.tar.gz
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Old sources: graphpcor archive

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