Packages for estimating finite mixtures: a review.

The writer examines five software packages that can estimate finite mixtures: BINOMIX, C.A. MAN, and MIX, which specialize in mixture estimation, and BMDP and STATA, the maximum likelihood routines of two statistical packages. She concentrates on numerical issues, specifically the matter of initia...

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Publicado en:American Statistician Vol. 51; pp. 194 - 206
Autor principal: Haughton, Dominique
Formato: Product Evaluation
Publicado: American Statistical Association May 1997
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