Mixtures of Gaussian factors are powerful tools for modeling an unobserved heterogeneouspopulation, offering – at the same time – dimension reduction and model-based clustering. The high prevalence of spurious solutions and the disturbing effects of outlying observations in maximum likelihood estimation may cause biased or misleadinginferences. Restrictions for the component covariances are considered in order to avoid spurious solutions, and trimming is also adopted, to provide robustness against violationsof normality assumptions of the underlying latent factors. A detailed AECM algorithm for this new approach is presented. Simulation results and an application to the AIS dataset show the aim and effectiveness of the proposed methodology.

The joint role of trimming and constraints in robust estimation for mixtures of Gaussian factor analyzers

INGRASSIA, Salvatore;
2016-01-01

Abstract

Mixtures of Gaussian factors are powerful tools for modeling an unobserved heterogeneouspopulation, offering – at the same time – dimension reduction and model-based clustering. The high prevalence of spurious solutions and the disturbing effects of outlying observations in maximum likelihood estimation may cause biased or misleadinginferences. Restrictions for the component covariances are considered in order to avoid spurious solutions, and trimming is also adopted, to provide robustness against violationsof normality assumptions of the underlying latent factors. A detailed AECM algorithm for this new approach is presented. Simulation results and an application to the AIS dataset show the aim and effectiveness of the proposed methodology.
2016
Constrained estimation; Factor analyzers modeling; Mixture models; Model-based clustering; Robust estimation
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