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EM算法在多层线性模型参数估计中的应用 Introduction Instatisticalmodelingandinference,maximumlikelihoodestimation(MLE)isawidelyusedtechniqueforparameterestimation.However,incaseswheretherearemissingdataorlatentvariables,MLEcannotbeapplieddirectly.Theexpectation-maximization(EM)algorithmisapowerfultoolformaximumlikelihoodestimationinthepresenceofmissingdataorlatentvariables.ThepurposeofthispaperistoprovideanoverviewoftheEMalgorithmanditsapplicationinparameterestimationformulti-layerlinearmodels. OverviewoftheEMAlgorithm TheEMalgorithmwasfirstintroducedbyArthurDempsteretal.in1977.Itisageneralframeworkforestimatingtheparametersofastatisticalmodelinthepresenceofmissingdataorlatentvariables.Thealgorithmconsistsoftwosteps:theEstepandtheMstep. IntheEstep,thealgorithmcomputestheexpectedvalueofthecomplete-datalog-likelihoodfunction,giventhecurrentestimateoftheparametersandtheobserveddata.Thisinvolvescomputingtheposteriorprobabilitiesofthemissingorlatentvariables.IntheMstep,thealgorithmmaximizestheexpectedcomplete-datalog-likelihoodfunctionwithrespecttotheparameters,usingtheposteriorprobabilitiescomputedintheEstep.Thisstepinvolvesstandardmaximumlikelihoodestimation. Thetwostepsarethenrepeatediterativelyuntilconvergenceisachieved.Ineachiteration,thealgorithmimprovestheestimateoftheparameters,byincorporatingtheadditionalinformationprovidedbytheposteriorprobabilitiesofthemissingorlatentvariables. ApplicationofEMAlgorithminMulti-LayerLinearModels Multi-layerlinearmodelsareaclassofstatisticalmodelsusedinregressionanalysis,wherethedependentvariableismodeledasalinearcombinationofindependentvariables.Thesemodelsarewidelyusedinvariousfields,suchasfinance,economics,engineering,andsocialsciences. Inmulti-layerlinearmodels,theindependentvariablesmaybeobservedorlatent,andthemodelmayincludemultiplelayersoflinearrelationships.TheEMalgorithmcanbeusedtoestimatetheparametersofthesemodels,evenincaseswheretherearemissingorlatentvariables. Forexample,consideramulti-layerlinearmodelwithtwolayers,wherethedependentvar