A weighted likelihood approach for robust fitting of a mixture of multivariate Gaussian components is developed in this work. Two approaches have been proposed that are driven by a suitable modification of the standard EM and CEM algorithms, respectively. In both techniques, the M-step is enhanced by the computation of weights aimed at downweighting outliers. The weights are based on Pearson residuals stemming from robust Mahalanobis-type distances. Formal rules for robust clustering and outlier detection can be also defined based on the fitted mixture model. The behavior of the proposed methodologies has been investigated by numerical studies and real data examples in terms of both fitting and classification accuracy and outlier detection.
Weighted likelihood mixture modeling and model-based clustering / Greco, Luca; Agostinelli, Claudio. - In: STATISTICS AND COMPUTING. - ISSN 0960-3174. - 30:2(2020), pp. 255-277. [10.1007/s11222-019-09881-1]
Weighted likelihood mixture modeling and model-based clustering
Agostinelli, Claudio
2020-01-01
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A weighted likelihood approach for robust fitting of a mixture of multivariate Gaussian components is developed in this work. Two approaches have been proposed that are driven by a suitable modification of the standard EM and CEM algorithms, respectively. In both techniques, the M-step is enhanced by the computation of weights aimed at downweighting outliers. The weights are based on Pearson residuals stemming from robust Mahalanobis-type distances. Formal rules for robust clustering and outlier detection can be also defined based on the fitted mixture model. The behavior of the proposed methodologies has been investigated by numerical studies and real data examples in terms of both fitting and classification accuracy and outlier detection.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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