function [M] = spm_nwcov (M) % Get second moments of Normal-Wishart % FORMAT [M] = spm_nwcov (M) % % .mean_prior_cov Prior covariance of mean % .sample_prior_cov Prior covariance of samples % .mean_post_cov Posterior covariance of mean % .sample_pred_cov Predictive covariance of samples % % The latter quantity is also the covariance of the predictive density % The marginal distributions of the mean and of the samples % are multivariate-T, not Gaussian. % % See J. Bernardo and A. Smith (2000) % Bayesian Theory, Wiley (page 435) %__________________________________________________________________________ % Copyright (C) 2015 Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging % Will Penny % $Id: spm_nwcov.m 6548 2015-09-11 12:39:47Z will $ % Get prior covariances M.mean_prior_cov=M.B0/(M.n0*(M.a0-1)); alpha=2*M.a0-M.P+1; w_s=(1+1/M.n0)/(0.5*alpha-1); M.sample_prior_cov=w_s*M.B0; % Get posterior covariances M.mean_post_cov=M.BN/(M.nN*(M.aN-1)); alpha=2*M.aN-M.P+1; w_s=(1+1/M.nN)/(0.5*alpha-1); M.sample_pred_cov=w_s*M.BN;