ML Estimation of the MultivariatetDistribution and the EM Algorithm

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 296-312

  Liu, Chuanhai ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

EM; ECM; ECME; incomplete data; Newton Raphson

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008602520     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmva.1997.1703     Document Type: Article

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