A new Bayesian approach for determining the number of components in a finite mixture

DOI10.1007/s40300-015-0068-1zbMath1329.62113OpenAlexW762403493MaRDI QIDQ497083

Yong-Cai Geng, Sumit K. Garg

Publication date: 23 September 2015

Published in: Metron (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/74432/1/postprint_Mixture_components_Metron4.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

finite mixturenumber of componentsdeviance distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

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