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Gaussian Mixture Models

Cluster based on Gaussian mixture models using the Expectation-Maximization algorithm

Gaussian mixture models(GMMs) assign each observation to a cluster by maximizing the posterior probability that a data point belongs to its assigned cluster. Create a GMM objectgmdistributionby fitting a model to data (fitgmdist) or by specifying parameter values (gmdistribution). Then, use object functions to perform cluster analysis (cluster,posterior,mahal), evaluate the model (cdf,pdf), and generate random variates (random).

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fitgmdist Fit Gaussian mixture model to data
gmdistribution Create Gaussian mixture model
cdf Cumulative distribution function for Gaussian mixture distribution
cluster Construct clusters from Gaussian mixture distribution
mahal Mahalanobis distance to Gaussian mixture component
pdf Probability density function for Gaussian mixture distribution
posterior Posterior probability of Gaussian mixture component
random Random variate from Gaussian mixture distribution

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