The stochastic em algorithm: Estimation and asymptotic results

Bernoulli

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 457-489

  Nielsen, Søren Feodor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Incomplete observations; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000795171     PISSN: 13507265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3318671     Document Type: Article

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