Finite Mixture Modeling with Mixture Outcomes Using the EM Algorithm
✍ Scribed by Bengt Muthén; Kerby Shedden
- Book ID
- 110724546
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 630 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-341X
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