A Smooth Nonparametric Estimate of a Mixing Distribution Using Mixtures of Gaussians
作者:
LaurenceS. Magder,
ScottL. Zeger,
期刊:
Journal of the American Statistical Association
(Taylor Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 91,
issue 435
页码: 1141-1151
ISSN:0162-1459
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1080/01621459.1996.10476984
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Deconvolution;Empirical Bayes;Longitudinal data;Mixed models;Mixtures;Random effects
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
We propose a method of estimating mixing distributions using maximum likelihood over the class of arbitrary mixtures of Gaussians subject to the constraint that the component variances be greater than or equal to some minimum valueh. This approach can lead to estimates of many shapes, with smoothness controlled by parameterh. We show that the resulting estimate will always be a finite mixture of Gaussians, each having varianceh. The nonparametric maximum likelihood estimate can be viewed as a special case, withh= 0. The method can be extended to estimate multivariate mixing distributions. Examples and the results of a simulation study are presented.
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