Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Manolopoulou I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3384503 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Manolopoulou Ioanna I Kepler Thomas B TB Merl Daniel M DM
Computational statistics & data analysis 20120521 12
A primary challenge in unsupervised clustering using mixture models is the selection of a family of basis distributions flexible enough to succinctly represent the distributions of the target subpopulations. In this paper we introduce a new family of Gaussian Well distributions (GWDs) for clustering applications where the target subpopulations are characterized by hollow [hyper-]elliptical structures. We develop the primary theory pertaining to the GWD, including mixtures of GWDs, selection of p ...[more]