The flexmix Package - NexTag Supports Open Source Initiatives
The flexmix Package - NexTag Supports Open Source Initiatives
The flexmix Package - NexTag Supports Open Source Initiatives
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18 ICL<br />
ICL<br />
Integrated completed likelihood criterion<br />
Description<br />
Compute the Integrated Completed Likelihood criterion for model selection.<br />
Usage<br />
## S4 method for signature '<strong>flexmix</strong>':<br />
ICL(object, ...)<br />
## S4 method for signature 'stepFlexmix':<br />
ICL(object, ...)<br />
Arguments<br />
object<br />
see Methods section below<br />
... Some methods for this generic function may take additional, optional arguments.<br />
At present none do.<br />
Value<br />
Returns a numeric vector with the corresponding ICL value(s).<br />
Methods<br />
object = "<strong>flexmix</strong>": Compute the ICL of a <strong>flexmix</strong> object.<br />
object = "stepFlexmix": Compute the ICL of all models contained in the stepFlexmix object.<br />
Author(s)<br />
Friedrich Leisch and Bettina Gruen<br />
References<br />
C. Biernacki, G. Celeux and G. Govaert. Assessing a mixture model for clustering with the integrated<br />
completed likelihood. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence<br />
22(7), pages 719-725, 2000.<br />
Examples<br />
data("NPreg")<br />
ex1