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From: "Becksfort, Jared" <Jared.Becksfort@STJUDE.ORG>
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:32:09 -0500
Subject: [math] Expectation Maximization Code Location
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Hello,

I recently submitted some code for the fitting of multivariate normal mixtu=
re model distributions to data using the Expectation Maximization algorithm=
.  I placed the code in the o.a.c.m.optimization.fitting package.  Gilles w=
onders if it would make more sense to have it in the o.a.c.m.distribution.f=
itting package.  That may be true.

Any thoughts?  Either one is fine by me.  EM is an optimization algorithm a=
nd it also fits distributions.  It uses a lot of the code from o.a.c.m.dist=
ribution and none from o.a.c.m.optimization, so that may imply that it woul=
d make sense to move it.

The code is not yet committed.  Here is the link: https://issues.apache.org=
/jira/browse/MATH-817

Thanks,
Jared

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