Name
Title | ||
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Minimum message length inference and mixture modelling of inverse gaussian distributions |
Abstract | ||
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This paper examines the problem of modelling continuous, positive data by finite mixtures of inverse Gaussian distributions using the minimum message length (MML) principle. We derive a message length expression for the inverse Gaussian distribution, and prove that the parameter estimator obtained by minimising this message length is superior to the regular maximum likelihood estimator in terms of Kullback---Leibler divergence. Experiments on real data demonstrate the potential benefits of using inverse Gaussian mixture models for modelling continuous, positive data, particularly when the data is concentrated close to the origin or exhibits a strong positive skew. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2012 | 10.1007/978-3-642-35101-3_57 | Australasian Conference on Artificial Intelligence |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
inverse gaussian distribution,inverse gaussian mixture model,message length expression,message length,regular maximum likelihood estimator,minimum message length,minimum message length inference,positive data,strong positive skew,parameter estimator | Applied mathematics,Mathematical optimization,Minimum message length,Inverse Gaussian distribution,Inference,Generalized inverse Gaussian distribution,Fisher information,Skew,Mixture model,Mathematics,Estimator | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
0 | 0.34 | 3 |
Authors | ||
2 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel F. Schmidt | 1 | 51 | 10.68 |
| Enes Makalic | 2 | 55 | 11.54 |