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math.ST2014★ 36 cited
Statistical guarantees for the EM algorithm: From population to sample-based analysis
Sivaraman Balakrishnan, Martin J. Wainwright, Bin Yu
We develop a general framework for proving rigorous guarantees on the performance of the EM algorithm and a variant known as gradient EM. Our analysis is divided into two parts: a…
stat.ML2014★ 18 cited
When is it Better to Compare than to Score?
Nihar B. Shah, Sivaraman Balakrishnan, Joseph Bradley +3
When eliciting judgements from humans for an unknown quantity, one often has the choice of making direct-scoring (cardinal) or comparative (ordinal) measurements. In this paper we…