@article{ref1,
title="The multivariate Poisson-log normal distribution",
journal="Biometrika",
year="1989",
author="Aitchison, J. and Ho, C. H.",
volume="76",
number="4",
pages="643-653",
abstract="The statistical analysis of multivariate counts has proved difficult because of the lack of a parametric class of distributions supporting a rich enough correlation structure. With increasing availability of powerful computing facilities an obvious candidate for consideration is now the multivariate log normal mixture of independent Poisson distributions, the multivariate Poisson-log normal distribution. The properties of this discrete multivariate distribution are studied and its uses in a variety of applications to multivariate count data are illustrated.<p />",
language="",
issn="0006-3444",
doi="10.1093/biomet/76.4.643",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biomet/76.4.643"
}