Parameter Estimation For Imperfectly Observed Gibbs Fields and Some Comments on Chalmond’s EM Gibbsian Algorithm

We make a short review of existing algorithms for parameter estimation from imperfectly observed Gibbs field. We then focus on one of these methods: the EM Gibbsian algorithm, making new comments and simulations.

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