Mixture Modelling for Medical and Health Sciences - 9780367729332

CRC Press

Mixture Modelling for Medical and Health SciencesAuthor(s): Shu Kay Ng, Liming Xiang, Kelvin Kai Wing Yau\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Chapman & Hall/CRC\nISBN-13: 9780367729332, 978-0367729332\nSynopsis\nMixture Modelling for Medical and Health Sciences provides a direct connection between theoretical developments in mixture modelling and their applications in real world problems. The book describes the development of the most important concepts through comprehensive analyses of real and practical examples taken from real-life research problems in medical and health sciences. This approach represents balance between \""theory\"" and \""practice\"", stimulating readers and enhancing their capacity to apply mixture models in data analysis. Full of reproducible examples using software code and publicly-available data, the book is suitable for graduate-level students, researchers, and practitioners who have a basic grounding in statis.