ECM algorithms that converge at the rate of EM

Biometrika

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 651-662

  Sexton, Joe ^a   Swensen, Anders Rygh ^b  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conjugate directions algorithm; ECM algorithm; EM algorithm; Missing data; Orthogonal parameters; Rate of convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746386802     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/87.3.651     Document Type: Article

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