%0 Journal Article
%T The multivariate Poisson-log normal distribution
%J Biometrika
%D 1989
%A Aitchison, J.
%A Ho, C. H.
%V 76
%N 4
%P 643-653
%X 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 />
%G 
%I Oxford University Press
%@ 0006-3444
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biomet/76.4.643