Some Problems with Data From Finite Mixture Distributions

Abstract

Finite mixture distributions arise in many statistical applications. After the basic definition of mixture distributions, many of these applications are listed, sampling models are proposed and the basic statistical problems are described. More detailed study is then made of the use of the familiar statistical methodologies in mixture decomposition, of the incorporation of mixture data into discrimination procedures and of the problems that arise in hypothesis testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA116175

Entities

People

  • D. M. Titterington

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Computational Science
  • Data Science
  • Estimators
  • Information Science
  • Mathematical Filters
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Random Variables
  • Sampling
  • Statistical Algorithms
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Distributions
  • Statistics
  • Surveys
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Regression Analysis.