ASYMPTOTIC-BEHAVIOR OF CLASSIFICATION MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATES

成果类型:
Article
署名作者:
BRYANT, P; WILLIAMSON, JA
署名单位:
International Business Machines (IBM); IBM USA; University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder
刊物名称:
BIOMETRIKA
ISSN/ISSBN:
0006-3444
DOI:
10.2307/2335205
发表日期:
1978
页码:
273281
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摘要:
Maximum likelihood techniques as applied to classification and clustering problems are examined, and the classification maximum likelihood technique, in which individual observations are assigned on an all-or-nothing basis to 1 of several classes as part of the maximization process, is shown to give results asymptotically biased. This extends Marriott''s work for normal component distributions. Numerical examples are presented for normal component distributions and for a problem in genetics. Biases apparently can be severe, though determining in simple form when the biases will and will not be severe seems difficult.
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