1. IMPROVING ESTIMATION FOR EXPONENTIAL-FAMILY RANDOM GRAPH MODELS Open Access Author: Hummel, Ruth M Title: IMPROVING ESTIMATION FOR EXPONENTIAL-FAMILY RANDOM GRAPH MODELS Graduate Program: Statistics Keywords: composite likelihoodpenalized likelihoodpseudolikelihoodmaximum likelihood estimationexponential random graph modelbias correctionMean value parameterization%Maximum likelihood estimationparameter estimationMarkov chain Monte CarloExponential family random graph modelcontrastive divergenceexponential familiesconvex hull File: Download RuthMHummel-Dissertation.pdf Committee Members: David Russell Hunter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorDavid Russell Hunter, Committee Chair/Co-ChairJames Landis Rosenberger, Committee MemberMurali Haran, Committee MemberScott David Gest, Committee Member