Finite mixture models for proportions

Biometrics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1097-1115

  Brooks, S P ^a   Morgan, B J T ^b   Ridout, M S ^c   Pack, S E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c HORTICULTURE RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^d PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta binomial; Beta correlated binomial; C.A.MAN; Correlated binomial; Fetal death; Information criteria; Mixture models; Monte Carlo tests; Multiple maxima; Nonparametric maximum likelihood; Overdispersion; Profile log likelihoods; Simulated annealing; Wolfe's criterion

Indexed keywords

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

BETA-BINOMIAL; BETA-CORRELATED-BINOMIAL; CAMAN; CORRELATED- BINOMIAL; FETAL DEATH; INFORMATION CRITERION; LOG LIKELIHOOD; MA XIMUM LIKELIHOODS; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD; MIXTURE MODELING; MONTE CARLO TESTS; MULTIPLE MAXIMA; NONPARAMETRIC MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; NONPARAMETRICS; OVERDISPERSION; PROFILE LOG-LIKELIHOOD; WOLFE CRITERIA;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD;

BINOMIAL MODEL; FOETAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; MOUSE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEATH; FETUS MORTALITY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030864787     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533567     Document Type: Article

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