Handbook of Mixed Membership Models and Their Applications

CRC Press

Handbook of Mixed Membership Models and Their ApplicationsAuthor(s): Edoardo M. Airoldi, David Blei, Elena A. Erosheva, Stephen E. Fienberg\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Chapman & Hall/CRC\nISBN-13: 9780367330842, 978-0367330842\nSynopsis\nIn response to scientific needs for more diverse and structured explanations of statistical data, researchers have discovered how to model individual data points as belonging to multiple groups. Handbook of Mixed Membership Models and Their Applications shows you how to use these flexible modeling tools to uncover hidden patterns in modern high-dimensional multivariate data. It explores the use of the models in various application settings, including survey data, population genetics, text analysis, image processing and annotation, and molecular biology.\n\nThrough examples using real data sets, youll discover how to characterize complex multivariate data in:\n\nStudies involving genetic databa.