R: MCLUST Model Names

mclustModelNames {mclust} | R Documentation

## MCLUST Model Names

### Description

Description of model names used in the MCLUST package.

### Usage

    mclustModelNames(model)

### Arguments

`model` | A string specifying the model.

### Details

The following models are available in package mclust:

univariate mixture

`"E"`

  equal variance (one-dimensional)

`"V"`

  variable/unqual variance (one-dimensional)

multivariate mixture

`"EII"`

  spherical, equal volume

`"VII"`

  spherical, unequal volume

`"EEI"`

  diagonal, equal volume and shape

`"VEI"`

  diagonal, varying volume, equal shape

`"EVI"`

  diagonal, equal volume, varying shape

`"VVI"`

  diagonal, varying volume and shape

`"EEE"`

  ellipsoidal, equal volume, shape, and orientation

`"EVE"`

  ellipsoidal, equal volume and orientation (*)

`"VEE"`

  ellipsoidal, equal shape and orientation (*)

`"VVE"`

  ellipsoidal, equal orientation (*)

`"EEV"`

  ellipsoidal, equal volume and equal shape

`"VEV"`

  ellipsoidal, equal shape

`"EVV"`

  ellipsoidal, equal volume (*)

`"VVV"`

  ellipsoidal, varying volume, shape, and orientation

single component

`"X"`

  univariate normal

`"XII"`

  spherical multivariate normal

`"XXI"`

  diagonal multivariate normal

`"XXX"`

  ellipsoidal multivariate normal

(*) new models in mclust version >= 5.0.0.

### Value

Returns a list with the following components:

`model` | a character string indicating the model (as in input).
`type` | the description of the indicated model (see Details section).

### See Also

`Mclust`, `mclustBIC`

### Examples

    mclustModelNames("E")
    mclustModelNames("EEE")
    mclustModelNames("VVV")
    mclustModelNames("XXI")

[Package mclust version 5.4.5 Index]