A bootstrap-based aggregate classifier for model-based clustering

DOI10.1007/S00180-007-0103-7MaRDI QIDQ626243zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors José G. Dias, Jeroen K. Vermunt

Publication date 22 February 2011

Published in Computational Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-007-0103-7

zbMATH Keywords

baggingEM algorithmfinite mixture modelslabel switching problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods for problems pertaining to statistics (62-08) Bayesian inference (62F15) Bootstrap, jackknife and other resampling methods (62F40) Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30) Applications of statistics to social sciences (62P25)

Review text

A clustering technique is discussed based on the finite mixture (FM) model. An EM algorithm is described for parameter estimation and Bayesian classification. A bagging (bootstrap aggregating) procedure is considered for improvement of the obtained clustering. Methods are presented for the label-switching problem solution in aggregation with unknown labels. Comparisons of the proposed procedures performance is made by simulation studies for clustering under the latent class model for nominal response variables. Results are presented of a real life sociological data analysis.

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Uses Software

• Matlab
• bootstrap

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