An entropy criterion for assessing the number of clusters in a mixture model

DOI10.1007/BF01246098zbMATH Open0861.62051MaRDI QIDQ1126397FDOQ1126397

Authors: Gilles Celeux, Gilda Soromenho 

Publication date: 27 April 1997

Published in: Journal of Classification (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

entropylikelihoodcluster analysisMonte Carlomixture modelnumber of clustersGaussian mixtureentropy criterionBayesian criteriaclassification likelihood

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical aspects of information-theoretic topics (62B10) Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30)

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