Asymptotic properties of the EM algorithm estimate for normal mixture models with component specific variances

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 591-601

  Nityasuddhi, Dechavudh ^a   Bohning Dankmar ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Component specific variances; EM algorithm; Normal mixture model; Simulation study

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

COMPONENT DISTRIBUTION;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 0037469119     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9473(02)00176-7     Document Type: Article

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