Order selection in finite mixture models: complete or observed likelihood information criteria?
有限混合模型的阶数选择:完全似然还是观测似然信息准则?
Choosing the number of components in a finite mixture model is a challenging task. In this article, we study the behaviour of information criteria for selecting the mixture order, based on either the observed likelihood or the complete likelihood including component labels. We propose a new observed likelihood criterion called aicmix, which is shown to be order consistent. We further show that when there is a nontrivial level of classification uncertainty in the true model,…