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Assessing the Number of Components in Mixture Models: a Review

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  • Ana Oliveira-Brochado

    (Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto)

  • Francisco Vitorino Martins

    (Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto)

Abstract

Despite the widespread application of finite mixture models, the decision of how many classes are required to adequately represent the data is, according to many authors, an important, but unsolved issue. This work aims to review, describe and organize the available approaches designed to help the selection of the adequate number of mixture components (including Monte Carlo test procedures, information criteria and classification-based criteria); we also provide some published simulation results about their relative performance, with the purpose of identifying the scenarios where each criterion is more effective (adequate).

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  • Ana Oliveira-Brochado & Francisco Vitorino Martins, 2005. "Assessing the Number of Components in Mixture Models: a Review," FEP Working Papers 194, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Economia do Porto.
    • Handle: RePEc:por:fepwps:194
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    1. J. Samuel Baixauli & Susana Alvarez, 2010. "The Role of Market-Implied Severity Modeling for Credit VaR," Annals of Economics and Finance, Society for AEF, vol. 11(2), pages 337-353, November.
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    3. Said Benlakhdar & Mohammed Rziza & Rachid Oulad Haj Thami, 2022. "Statistical modeling of directional data using a robust hierarchical von mises distribution model: perspectives for wind energy," Computational Statistics, Springer, vol. 37(4), pages 1599-1619, September.

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    Keywords

    Finite mixture; number of mixture components; information criteria; simulation studies.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
    • C52 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection

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