Clustering multivariate longitudinal observations: The contaminated Gaussian hidden Markov model

The Gaussian hidden Markov model (HMM) is widely considered for the analysis of heterogeneous continuous multivariate longitudinal data. To robustify this approach with respect to possible elliptical heavy-tailed departures from normality, due to the presence of outliers, spurious points, or noise (...

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Main Authors: Punzo, Antonio (Author), Maruotti, Antonello (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2015-09-29.
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