Monte Carlo EM

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:algorithm
statistical analysis
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:hidden_Markov_models
mixture models
latent variable models
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Expectation-Maximization_algorithm
gptkbp:category gptkb:logic
stochastic algorithm
gptkbp:convergesTo local maximum of likelihood
gptkbp:handles intractable E-step
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Monte Carlo EM
gptkbp:improves tractability of EM for complex models
gptkbp:limitation computationally intensive
variance due to sampling
gptkbp:proposedBy 1990
Wei and Tanner
gptkbp:relatedTo Stochastic EM
Variational EM
gptkbp:requires random sampling
gptkbp:step E-step approximated by sampling
M-step maximizes expected log-likelihood
gptkbp:usedFor parameter estimation
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:machine_learning
statistics
gptkbp:uses gptkb:Monte_Carlo_integration
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:expectation-maximization_algorithm
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7