A linearization procedure and a VDM/ECM algorithm for penalized and constrained nonparametric maximum likelihood estimation for mixture models

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2946-2957

  Wang, Ji Ping ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computing algorithm; Constrained NPMLE; Mixture models; Nonparametric maximum likelihood; Penalized NPMLE; VDM ECM

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DATA STRUCTURES; LINEAR SYSTEMS; LINEARIZATION; MIXTURES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COMPUTING ALGORITHM; CONSTRAINED NPMLE; MIXTURE MODELS; NONPARAMETRIC MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD (NPML);

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EID: 33846585112     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2006.11.033     Document Type: Article

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