2 papers
stat.ME2019
Estimation of the Number of Components of Non-Parametric Multivariate Finite Mixture Models
Caleb Kwon, Eric Mbakop
We propose a novel estimator for the number of components (denoted by ) in a K-variate non-parametric finite mixture model, where the analyst has repeated observations of $K\geq…
math.ST2016
Model Selection for Treatment Choice: Penalized Welfare Maximization
Eric Mbakop, Max Tabord-Meehan
This paper studies a penalized statistical decision rule for the treatment assignment problem. Consider the setting of a utilitarian policy maker who must use sample data to alloca…