Maximum likelihood estimation from fuzzy data using the em algorithm

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-91

  Denœux, Thierry ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Estimation; Fuzzy data analysis; Maximum likelihood principle; Mixture models; Regression; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL PROBLEMS; EM ALGORITHMS; FINITE NORMAL MIXTURES; FUZZY DATA; FUZZY DATA ANALYSIS; FUZZY OUTPUT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD PRINCIPLE; MIXTURE MODELS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NORMAL MEAN; RANDOM SAMPLE; REGRESSION; STATISTICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL PROBLEMS; UNIVARIATE; VARIANCE ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; LINEAR REGRESSION;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

EID: 80052261743     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fss.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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