The REBMIX algorithm and the univariate finite mixture estimation

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 876-892

  Nagode, Marko ^a   Fajdiga, Matija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Finite mixtures; Lognormal distribution; Normal distribution; Parameter estimation; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); MIXTURES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

COMPONENT PARAMETERS; FINITE MIXTURES; INFORMATION CRITERION; LOG-NORMAL; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MIXTURE DENSITY; REBMIX ALGORITHMS; RELATIVE DEVIATIONS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 84970031612     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: 1532415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610920903480890     Document Type: Article

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