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Title: On Convergence Properties of the EM Algorithm for Gaussian Mixtures
Keywords: learning
neural networks
EM algorithm
clustering
mixture models
statistics
Issue Date: 9-Oct-2013
Description: "Expectation-Maximization'' (EM) algorithm and gradient-based approaches for maximum likelihood learning of finite Gaussian mixtures. We show that the EM step in parameter space is obtained from the gradient via a projection matrix $P$, and we provide an explicit expression for the matrix. We then analyze the convergence of EM in terms of special properties of $P$ and provide new results analyzing the effect that $P$ has on the likelihood surface. Based on these mathematical results, we present a comparative discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of EM and other algorithms for the learning of Gaussian mixture models.
URI: http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/1721
Other Identifiers: AIM-1520
CBCL-111
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7195
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