Extending mixtures of factor models using the restricted multivariate skew-normal distribution

DOI10.1016/j.jmva.2015.09.025zbMath1328.62378arXiv1307.1748OpenAlexW1786657497MaRDI QIDQ900823

Tsung I. Lin, Geoffrey J. McLachlan, Sharon X. Lee

Publication date: 23 December 2015

Published in: Journal of Multivariate Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.1748

zbMATH Keywords

clusteringdata reductionskewnessECM algorithmrMSN distributionfactor analyzer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factor analysis and principal components; correspondence analysis (62H25) Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30)

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Uses Software

• mclust
• UCI-ml
• MixSim
• EMMIX-skew
• PGMM
• sn
• EMMIX
• Emmixuskew

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