The EM algorithm, its randomized implementation and global optimization: some challenges and opportunities for operations research

MaRDI QIDQ3447244zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Wolfgang Jank

Publication date 28 June 2007

zbMATH Keywords

clusteringfunctional objectsglobal optimizationmixture modelMonte Carlo EMonline auctionsstochastic optimization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic network models in operations research (90B15) Nonconvex programming, global optimization (90C26)

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