Maximum likelihood clustering via normal mixture models

Signal Processing: Image Communication

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-111

  McLachlan, G J ^b   Peel, D ^b   Whiten, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Image coding; Image compression; Likelihood ratio test; Maximum likelihood; Mixture models

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING; COVARIANCE MATRIX; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TEST; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MIXTURE MODELS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE CODING; IMAGE COMPRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; STATISTICAL TESTS;

IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030110109     PISSN: 09235965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-5965(95)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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