Model-based clustering based on sparse finite Gaussian mixtures

G Malsiner-Walli, S Frühwirth-Schnatter, B Grün - Statistics and computing, 2016‏ - Springer
In the framework of Bayesian model-based clustering based on a finite mixture of Gaussian
distributions, we present a joint approach to estimate the number of mixture components and …

Dealing with label switching under model uncertainty

S Frühwirth‐Schnatter - Mixtures: estimation and applications, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
K∑ k= 1 ηkfT (y| θk),(10.1) where y is the realisation of a univariate or multivariate, discrete-
or continuousvalued random variable and the component densities fT (y| θk) arise from the …

label. switching: An R package for dealing with the label switching problem in MCMC outputs

P Papastamoulis - Journal of Statistical Software, 2016‏ - jstatsoft.org
Label switching is a well-known and fundamental problem in Bayesian estimation of mixture
or hidden Markov models. In case that the prior distribution of the model parameters is the …

Label switching in Bayesian mixture models: Deterministic relabeling strategies

CE Rodríguez, SG Walker - Journal of Computational and …, 2014‏ - Taylor & Francis
Label switching is a well-known problem in the Bayesian analysis of mixture models. On the
one hand, it complicates inference, and on the other hand, it has been perceived as a …

Modeling predictors of latent classes in regression mixture models

M Kim, J Vermunt, Z Bakk, T Jaki… - … Equation Modeling: A …, 2016‏ - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study is to provide guidance on a process for including latent class
predictors in regression mixture models. We first examine the performance of current …

Model-based clustering

B Grün - Handbook of mixture analysis, 2019‏ - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter introduces the model-based clustering is related to standard heuristic clustering
methods and an overview of different ways to specify the cluster model. It provides the …

A topic-based segmentation model for identifying segment-level drivers of star ratings from unstructured text reviews

S Kim, S Lee, R McCulloch - Journal of Marketing Research, 2024‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Online reviews provide rich information on customer satisfaction, displaying various numeric
ratings as well as detailed explanations presented in written form. However, analyzing such …

Joint clustering multiple longitudinal features: A comparison of methods and software packages with practical guidance

Z Lu, M Ahmadiankalati, Z Tan - Statistics in Medicine, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Clustering longitudinal features is a common goal in medical studies to identify distinct
disease developmental trajectories. Compared to clustering a single longitudinal feature …

Clustering of longitudinal data: A tutorial on a variety of approaches

ND Teuling, S Pauws, E Heuvel - arxiv preprint arxiv:2111.05469, 2021‏ - arxiv.org
During the past two decades, methods for identifying groups with different trends in
longitudinal data have become of increasing interest across many areas of research. To …

Robust mixture regression modeling based on scale mixtures of skew-normal distributions

CB Zeller, CRB Cabral, VH Lachos - Test, 2016‏ - Springer
The traditional estimation of mixture regression models is based on the assumption of
normality (symmetry) of component errors and thus is sensitive to outliers, heavy-tailed …