Finite mixture estimation algorithm for arbitrary function approximation

Strojniski Vestnik/Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-124

  Volk, Matej ^a   Nagode, Marko ^a   Fajdiga, Matija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Finite mixtures; Function approximations; Parameter estimation; RBF networks; REBMIX algorithm

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY FUNCTIONS; BIVARIATE; CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONS; DATA SETS; DENSITY FUNCTION ESTIMATION; FINITE MIXTURES; FUNCTION APPROXIMATIONS; INPUT DATAS; OUTPUT VALUES; SEMIPARAMETRIC; UNIVARIATE; UNKNOWN PARAMETERS;

ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84859587495     PISSN: 00392480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5545/sv-jme.2011.085     Document Type: Article

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