Multivariate mixture modeling using skew-normal independent distributions

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-142

  Cabral, Celso Rmulo Barbosa ^a   Lachos, Víctor Hugo ^b   Prates, Marcos O ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Multivariate finite mixtures; Skew normal distribution; Skew normal independent distributions

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC COVARIANCE MATRIX; COMPUTING PARAMETERS; EM ALGORITHMS; FINITE MIXTURES; INFORMATION CRITERION; MIXTURE MODELING; MULTIVARIATE FINITE MIXTURES; REAL DATA SETS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SKEW-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SKEW-NORMAL INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTIONS;

ALGORITHMS; COVARIANCE MATRIX; ESTIMATION; MIXTURES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 80052027456     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2011.06.026     Document Type: Article

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