Structure Learning via Hadamard Product of Correlation and Partial Correlation Matrices

Structure learning is an active topic nowadays in different application areas, i.e. genetics, neuroscience. Classical conditional independences or marginal independences may not be sufficient to express complex relationships. This paper is introducing a new structure learning procedure where an edge in the graph corresponds to a non zero value of both correlation and partial correlation. Based on this new paradigm, we define an estimator and derive its theoretical properties. The asymptotic convergence of the proposed graph estimator and its rate are derived. Illustrations on a synthetic example and application to brain connectivity are displayed.