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Review title: Not Enough Details - - Assumes use of unavailable Software
Product review: This title is not up to the high standards set by McLachlan's other books. The text does not get into details which are thoroughly discussedin McLachlan's excellent "The EM Algorithm and Extensions." Some important points are so condensed and in places so poorly presented that the the discussion is worthless. For example the important section 3.4 "Standard Errors", which underlies much of the discussion contains errors.The book could be useful to a practioner who is only looking for guidance in fitting mixture models with available software. Unfortanately McLachlan's mixture software referred to in the Appendix, is not available. That's a pity because the advertised software features and design potentially rank it the top choice.For a user who will use his own EM software to fit mixture models I would recommend highly the McLachlan's EM Algorithm book over the Mixture book.
