Nonlinear nonparametric mixed-effects models for unsupervised classification

Computational Statistics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1549-1570

  Azzimonti, Laura ^a   Ieva, Francesca ^a   Maria Paganoni, Anna ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Mixed effects models; Nonlinear models; Nonparametric estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881078644     PISSN: 09434062     EISSN: 16139658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00180-012-0366-5     Document Type: Article

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