mclust (version 3.4.7)

mclustVariance: Template for variance specification for parameterized Gaussian mixture models.

Description

Specification of variance parameters for the various types of Gaussian mixture models.

Arguments

References

C. Fraley and A. E. Raftery (2002). Model-based clustering, discriminant analysis, and density estimation. Journal of the American Statistical Association 97:611:631.

C. Fraley and A. E. Raftery (2006). MCLUST Version 3 for R: Normal Mixture Modeling and Model-Based Clustering, Technical Report no. 504, Department of Statistics, University of Washington.

Details

  • Thevariancecomponent in the {parameters} list from the output to e.g.meormstepor input to e.g.estepmay contain one or more of the following arguments, depending on the model:[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
In all cases, the value -1 is used as a placeholder for unknown nonzero entries.