On 16/02/14 16:27, Gael Varoquaux wrote: > Fitting a GMM to a PDF has no sens. A GMM is a density estimator. It > works from data points, not density estimates. Fitting Gaussians on a > histogram is another problem that must be tackled with other algorithms. > However, it will give a very bad estimator, and I believe that it should > not be used.
I have no opinion on this. However, there are papers describing this procedure, e.g.: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-540-45231-7_25 The main use case is to use the histogram as a form of down-sampling. Sturla ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Android apps run on BlackBerry 10 Introducing the new BlackBerry 10.2.1 Runtime for Android apps. Now with support for Jelly Bean, Bluetooth, Mapview and more. Get your Android app in front of a whole new audience. Start now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=124407151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Scikit-learn-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scikit-learn-general
