Research
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
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Studying hierarchical latent structures in heterogeneous populations with missing information
with Francesca Greselin
Revision submitted -
Uncovering data contamination: cellwise outlier detection in model-based clustering with missing data and constraints
with Luis A. Garcìa-Escudero, Francesca Greselin and Agustín Mayo-Iscar
Manuscript in preparation -
Fuzzy Spectral Data Embedding
with Cinzia Di Nuzzo
Manuscript in preparation -
Ultrametric Factor Analysis
with Mariaelena Bottazzi Schenone, Carlo Cavicchia and Maurizio Vichi
Manuscript in preparation