Consistency of maximum likelihood estimators for certain nonparametric families, in particular: mixtures

Abstract The paper gives sufficient conditions for strong consistency of maximum likelihood estimators in certain nonparametric families. The main application is to families of mixtures, with emphasis on mixtures over exponential families.

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