Degree-Heterogeneous Latent Class Analysis for High-Dimensional Discrete Data
高维离散数据的程度异质性潜在类别分析
The latent class model is a widely used mixture model for multivariate discrete data. Besides the existence of qualitatively heterogeneous latent classes, real data often exhibit additional quantitative heterogeneity nested within each latent class. The modern latent class analysis also faces extra challenges, including the high-dimensionality, sparsity, and heteroscedastic noise inherent in discrete data. Motivated by these phenomena, we introduce the Degree-heterogeneous…