Finite mixture models and hidden Markov models (HMMs) occupy central roles in modern statistical inference and data analysis. Finite mixture models assume that data originate from a latent combination ...
In this paper, we introduce a Bayesian approach for clustering data using a sparse finite mixture model (SFMM). The SFMM is a finite mixture model with a large number of components k previously fixed ...
The Canadian Journal of Statistics / La Revue Canadienne de Statistique Vol. 39, No. 3, A special issue of CJS in honour of Jack Kalbfleisch and Jerry Lawless / Un numéro spécial de la Revue ...