Mixtures : estimation and applications /

• Other Authors: Mengersen, Kerrie L., Robert, Christian P., 1961-, Titterington, D. M.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2011.
• Series: Wiley series in probability and statistics.
• Subjects: Mixture distributions (Probability theory); MATHEMATICS > Probability & Statistics > General.; Electronic books.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 311 pages) : illustrations.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781119995678; 1119995671; 9781119995685; 111999568X
• DOI: 10.1002/9781119995678

This book uses the EM (expectation maximization) algorithm to simultaneously estimate the missing data and unknown parameter(s) associated with a data set. The parameters describe the component distributions of the mixture; the distributions may be continuous or discrete. The editors provide a complete account of the applications, mathematical structure and statistical analysis of finite mixture distributions along with MCMC computational methods, together with a range of detailed discussions covering the applications of the methods and features chapters from the leading experts on the subje.