In some problems of directional data, finite mixtures of simple distributions have been proposed as statistical models. In this paper we show that for a wide class of directional distributions, all such mixtures are identifiable.
@article{1176346264,
author = {Kent, John T.},
title = {Identifiability of Finite Mixtures for Directional Data},
journal = {Ann. Statist.},
volume = {11},
number = {1},
year = {1983},
pages = { 984-988},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/1176346264}
}
Kent, John T. Identifiability of Finite Mixtures for Directional Data. Ann. Statist., Tome 11 (1983) no. 1, pp. 984-988. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1176346264/