Clustering bivariate mixed-type data via the cluster-weighted model |
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Authors: | Antonio Punzo Salvatore Ingrassia |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Economics and Business,University of Catania,Catania,Italy |
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Abstract: | The cluster-weighted model (CWM) is a mixture model with random covariates that allows for flexible clustering/classification and distribution estimation of a random vector composed of a response variable and a set of covariates. Within this class of models, the generalized linear exponential CWM is here introduced especially for modeling bivariate data of mixed-type. Its natural counterpart in the family of latent class models is also defined. Maximum likelihood parameter estimates are derived using the expectation-maximization algorithm and some computational issues are detailed. Through Monte Carlo experiments, the classification performance of the proposed model is compared with other mixture-based approaches, consistency of the estimators of the regression coefficients is evaluated, and several likelihood-based information criteria are compared for selecting the number of mixture components. An application to real data is also finally considered. |
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