A moment-based criterion for determining the number of components in a normal mixture model

• 作 者: Yimin Zhou Liyan Han Dan Wang
• 机 构: SchoolofEconomicsandManagement,SchoolofInstrumentationScienceandOpto-electronicsEngineering,Schoolof
• 出 处: 系统工程与电子技术：英文版
• 发表日期: 2017年4期
• 关键词: information CRITERIA GAUSSIAN MIXTURE momentbased number of components informati
• 基金项目: This work was supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundationof China (71371022, 71401193, 71671193), the Program for InnovationResearch in Central University of Finance and Economics, and the I

Determining the number of components is a crucial issue in a mixture model. A moment-based criterion is considered to estimate the number of components arising from a normal mixture model. This criterion is derived from an omnibus statistic involving the