coef_mixtures {R2ucare}

Estimation of multinomial mixture distributions parameters

Description

This function performs maximum likelihood inference for multinomial mixture distributions.

Usage

coef_mixtures(Mp, Np)

Arguments

Mp

a matrix of mixtures (a row matrix if a vector)

Np

a matrix of bases (a row matrix if a vector)

Value

This function returns a list of maximum likelihood estimates for the cells of a mixture distribution:

P matrix of cell probabilities estimates for mixtures

PI matrix of mixture probabilities

GAM matrix of cell probabilities estimates for bases

Author(s)

Olivier Gimenez <[e-mail]>, Roger Pradel, Rémi Choquet

References

Yantis, S., Meyer, D. E., and Smith, J. E. K. (1991). Analyses of multinomial mixture distributions: New tests for stochastic models of cognition and action. Psychological Bulletin 110, 350–374.