2006/06/02 by Peter G. Doyle, Doyle, Peter G., Jim Reeds +1
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0606068
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arxiv created 2006/06/02 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
We claim to give the definitive theory of what we call the `knee-jerk mapping', which is the basis for a class of optimization algorithms introduced by Baum, and promoted by Dempster, Laird, and Rubin under the name `EM algorithm'.