EM Algorithm for Mixed Poisson and Other Discrete Distributions

ASTIN Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-24

  Karlis, Dimitris ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

beta binomial distribution; Monte Carlo EM; Poisson mixtures; Yule distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011438711     PISSN: 05150361     EISSN: 17831350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0515036100014033     Document Type: Article

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