Restricted-move connectivity conjecture for positive-marginal fibers in multiple logistic regression

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Let mm covariates index combinations of levels, and let BΛ(A1⊗⋯⊗Am){\cal B}_{\Lambda(A_1 \otimes \dots \otimes A_m)} be the set of moves

z=e\Bj1−e\Bj2−e\Bj3+e\Bj4,\Bj1−\Bj2=\Bj3−\Bj4.z=\bm{e}_{\Bj_1}-\bm{e}_{\Bj_2}-\bm{e}_{\Bj_3}+\bm{e}_{\Bj_4},\qquad \Bj_1-\Bj_2=\Bj_3-\Bj_4.

Consider the subset for which every element of \Bj1−\Bj2=\Bj3−\Bj4\Bj_1-\Bj_2=\Bj_3-\Bj_4 is in {−1,0,1}\{-1,0,1\}. A fiber has positive response marginals when the response-variable marginal for every combination of covariates is positive. Restricted-move connectivity conjecture. This subset of moves connects every fiber with positive response marginals for logistic regression with mm covariates. The source presents this as a stronger conjecture, even for m=2m=2, motivated by examples suggesting that the move set can be further restricted; it remains open.

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Hisayuki Hara, Akimichi Takemura and Ruriko Yoshida, “On connectivity of fibers with positive marginals in multiple logistic regression”, arXiv:0810.1793 (2008).

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