Degeneracy of the EM algorithm for the MLE of multivariate Gaussian mixtures and dynamic constraints

DOI10.1016/J.CSDA.2010.10.026zbMath1328.65030OpenAlexW2073160795MaRDI QIDQ901547

Salvatore Ingrassia, Roberto Rocci

Publication date: 12 January 2016

Published in: Computational Statistics and Data Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2010.10.026

zbMATH Keywords

EM algorithmdegeneracymixture modelsdynamic constraints

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30) Point estimation (62F10)

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Uses Software

• PARVUS

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