RAPALLO F.

In this paper, the notion of Markov move from algebraic statistics is used to analyze the weighted kappa indices in rater agreement problems. In particular, the problem of the maximum kappa and its dependence on the choice of the weighting schemes are discussed. The Markov moves are also used in a simulated annealing algorithm to actually find...

We generate all the Orthogonal Arrays (OAs) of a given size n and strength t as the union of a collection of OAs which belong to an inclusion-minimal set of OAs. We derive a formula for computing the (Generalized) Word Length Pattern of a union of OAs that makes use of their polynomial counting functions. The best OAs according to the...

In this paper we analyze and characterize the saturated fractions of two-factor designs under the simple effect model. Using Linear algebra, we define a criterion to check whether a given fraction is saturated or not. We also compute the number of saturated fractions, providing an alternative proof of the Cayley's formula. Finally we show how,...

In this paper we study saturated fractions of factorial designs under the perspective of Algebraic Statistics. Exploiting the identification of a fraction with a binary contingency table, we define a criterion to check whether a fraction is saturated or not with respect to a given model. The proposed criterion is based on combinatorial ...