MLE for partially observed diffusions: direct maximization vs. the em algorithm

Maximum Likelihood from Incomplete Data Via the <i>EM</i> Algorithm

A. P. Dempster, N. M. Laird, Donald B. Rubin · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) · 1977 · 49.7K citations

Public Health, Biostatistics, Bayesian Data Analysis +16

Maximum likelihood estimation from incomplete data via the EM algorithm

A. P. Dempster · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society) · 1977 · 4.5K citations

Computing, Biostatistics, Computer Science +15

On the Convergence Properties of the EM Algorithm

Changbao Wu · The Annals of Statistics · 1983 · 3.3K citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Science, Algorithms +16

An inequality and associated maximization technique in statistical estimation of probabilistic functions of a Markov process

Leonard E. Baum · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1972 · 1.4K citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Probability Theory +9

An Introduction to the Application of the Theory of Probabilistic Functions of a Markov Process to Automatic Speech Recognition

S. Levinson, L. R. Rabiner, M. M. Sondhi · Bell System Technical Journal · 1983 · 988 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Algorithms +12