Hello everyone. I have a few MCLUST questions and I was hoping someone could help me
out. If you�re an MCLUST user, they will likely be pretty easy to answer. Thanks in
advance for any help.
Ken
What are the pros/cons of starting a finite mixture model at the �m� step versus
the �e� step (where �m� is the maximization step and �e� is the expectation step of
the EM algorithm)? In particular, are there any reasons for using em(modelName=XXX)
versus me(modelName=XXX). Other than MCLUST, I�ve not seen a finite mixture model
�program� give such an option. Would it make sense to fit both models and take the one
with the largest log likelihood?
Rather than the hc() function performing cluster analysis for all of G possible
clusters, can it be set to only perform a specified number (e.g., set so G=2 only).
Although a minimum number of clusters can be specified, there doesn�t seem to be any
way to limit the number of clusters. I want to do a simulation for a fixed number of
components, and thus I would like to avoid the unnecessary computations.
Is there any difference between hc(modelName=VVV) and hcVVV or hc(modelName=EEE)
and hcEEE, etc.? Likewise, are there any differences between mstep(modelName=VVV) and
mstepVVV or mstep(modelName=EEE) and mstepEEE, etc. If not, why do the same functions
have different names?
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