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indication <strong>of</strong> the relative goodness <strong>of</strong> fit. The same conclusion was gained after the<br />

primarily loglinear <strong>analysis</strong> and the correlation matrix <strong>of</strong> the data.<br />

Besides the loglikelihood, when comparing the <strong>models</strong>, all in<strong>for</strong>mation about different<br />

goodness <strong>of</strong> fit criterions used in the <strong>analysis</strong> is listed below:<br />

• Selection <strong>of</strong> number <strong>of</strong> components/ states<br />

• Separation <strong>of</strong> components/states<br />

• Estimated covariance and correlation matrices.<br />

Taking all this in<strong>for</strong>mation into account, the following conclusion can be made <strong>for</strong> weed<br />

count data. The <strong>multivariate</strong> Poisson <strong>hidden</strong> Markov model with the independent<br />

covariance structure and the five states is the best representation <strong>of</strong> the data. This model<br />

has the higher entropy index (section 6.5) compared to the finite mixture model and the<br />

estimated parameters in the covariance matrix are close to the observed covariance<br />

matrix. This model also supports the loglinear <strong>analysis</strong> results. In addition to that, the<br />

<strong>hidden</strong> Markov model provides the probability <strong>of</strong> transition from one state to another.<br />

In addition, in terms <strong>of</strong> the computational efficiency, <strong>for</strong> the small sample sizes two<br />

<strong>models</strong>, (a) the <strong>hidden</strong> Markov model and (b) the finite mixture model had similar<br />

computational efficiency with respect to the time and <strong>for</strong> the large sample sizes the<br />

<strong>hidden</strong> Markov model is more computationally efficient compared to the <strong>multivariate</strong><br />

finite mixture model.<br />

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