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6.4 Data <strong>analysis</strong>................................................................................114<br />

6.4.1 Results <strong>for</strong> the different <strong>multivariate</strong> Poisson<br />

finite mixture <strong>models</strong>....................................................115<br />

6.4.2 Results <strong>for</strong> the different <strong>multivariate</strong> Poisson<br />

<strong>hidden</strong> Markov <strong>models</strong> .................................................123<br />

6.5 Comparison <strong>of</strong> different <strong>models</strong>..................................................131<br />

7 PROPERTIES OF THE MULTIVARIATE POISSON FINITE<br />

MIXTURE MODELS<br />

7.1 Introduction .................................................................................138<br />

7.2 The <strong>multivariate</strong> Poisson distribution..........................................139<br />

7.3 The properties <strong>of</strong> <strong>multivariate</strong> Poisson finite mixture <strong>models</strong> ....141<br />

7.4 Multivariate Poisson-log Normal distribution.............................145<br />

7.4.1 Definition and the properties ........................................145<br />

7.5 Applications.................................................................................147<br />

7.5.1 The lens faults data.......................................................147<br />

7.5.2 The bacterial count data................................................152<br />

7.5.3 Weed species data.........................................................156<br />

8 COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF THE MULTIVARIATE<br />

POISSON FINITE MIXTURE MODELS AND MULTIVARIATE<br />

POISSON HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS<br />

8.1 Introduction .................................................................................161<br />

8.2 Calculation <strong>of</strong> computer time ......................................................161<br />

8.3 Results <strong>of</strong> computational efficiency ............................................162<br />

9 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION<br />

9.1 General summary.........................................................................168<br />

9.2 Parameter estimation ...................................................................170<br />

9.3 Comparison <strong>of</strong> different <strong>models</strong>..................................................171<br />

9.4 Model application to the different data sets.................................174<br />

9.5 Real world applications ...............................................................174<br />

9.6 Further research ...........................................................................177<br />

REFERENCES ..............................................................................................179<br />

APPENDIX ...................................................................................................192<br />

A. Splus/R code <strong>for</strong> Multivaraite Poisson Hidden Markov Model-<br />

Common Covariance Structure ........................................................192<br />

B. Splus/R code <strong>for</strong> Multivaraite Poisson Hidden Markov<br />

Model- Restricted and Independent Covariance Structure................200<br />

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