Extending the Akaike Information Criterion to Mixture Regression Models
将赤池信息准则扩展至混合回归模型
We examine the problem of jointly selecting the number of components and variables in finite mixture regression models. We find that the Akaike information criterion is unsatisfactory for this purpose because it overestimates the number of components, which in turn results in incorrect variables being retained in the model. Therefore, we derive a new information criterion, the mixture regression criterion (MRC), that yields marked improvement in model selection due to what…