My work is mainly focused on latent variables models and mixture models with applications in different fields as psychometrics, socio-economics and environmental sciences.
Specifically, my research interests are:

  • dimensionality reduction;
  • model-based clustering;
  • ultrametric models;
  • robust statistics;
  • mixed-type data;
  • model-based composite indicators.

Ongoing projects

  • Ultrametric Factor Analysis
    with Mariaelena Bottazzi Schenone, Carlo Cavicchia and Maurizio Vichi
    Revision required

  • Cellwise outlier detection in heterogeneous populations
    with Luis A. García Escudero, Francesca Greselin and Agustín Mayo-Íscar
    Under review

  • Social and cultural sustainability in Italy: a model-based hierarchical composite indicator
    with Cinzia Di Nuzzo
    Under review

  • Fuzzy and Robust Spectral Data Embedding
    with Cinzia Di Nuzzo
    Manuscript in preparation

  • Fuzzy cellCLUST
    with Luis A. García Escudero, Francesca Greselin and Agustín Mayo-Íscar
    Manuscript in preparation

  • Mixtures of Disjoint Factor Analyzers
    Manuscript in preparation