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North Carolina, is modelled by Symons et al. (1983) using a mixture <strong>of</strong> two Poisson<br />

distributions, which describe the two groups <strong>of</strong> high and low risk counties. Very<br />

recently, a <strong>multivariate</strong> Poisson finite mixture model was used <strong>for</strong> a marketing<br />

application (Brijs et al., 2004). Brijs describes a <strong>multivariate</strong> Poisson finite mixture<br />

model <strong>for</strong> clustering supermarket shoppers based on their purchase frequency in a set <strong>of</strong><br />

product categories.<br />

In this thesis, the <strong>multivariate</strong> Poisson finite mixture model is applied <strong>for</strong> the first time<br />

to weed species counts in an agricultural field. Also, we developed a <strong>multivariate</strong><br />

Poisson <strong>hidden</strong> Markov model and applied it to analyze the weed species data. The<br />

goodness <strong>of</strong> fit measure <strong>of</strong> the model is also evaluated (Chapter 7). Details about<br />

<strong>multivariate</strong> Poisson finite mixture <strong>models</strong> and <strong>multivariate</strong> Poisson <strong>hidden</strong> Markov<br />

<strong>models</strong> are given in Chapter 5. The history <strong>of</strong> <strong>hidden</strong> Markov <strong>models</strong> is presented in the<br />

next section.<br />

1.2.2 History <strong>of</strong> <strong>hidden</strong> Markov <strong>models</strong><br />

Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) are statistical <strong>models</strong> that are widely used in many<br />

areas <strong>of</strong> probabilistic modeling. These <strong>models</strong> have received increasing attention<br />

(Rabiner and Juang, 1986, 1991 and Rabiner, 1989), partially because <strong>of</strong> their<br />

mathematical properties (they are rich in mathematical structure), but mostly because <strong>of</strong><br />

their applications to many important areas in scientific research.<br />

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