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. 2021 Apr 29;23(5):551. doi: 10.3390/e23050551
Algorithm 3 Modified Bellman EM algorithm (MBEM)
  • k0, Initialize θk.

  • F(x,z;θk1)p0(x,z;νk)

  • V(x,z;θk1)r¯(x,z;πk)

  • while θk or J(θk) do not converge do

  •    Calculate p(x,z|x,z;θk) by Equation (20).

  •    //—E step—//

  •     F0(x,z)F(x,z;θk1)

  •     V0(x,z)F(x,z;θk1)

  •     L0

  •    repeat

  •        FL+1(x,z)AθkFL(x,z)

  •        VL+1(x,z)BθkVL(x,z)

  •        LL+1

  •    until max{FLFL11,VLVL1}<1γγε

  •    //—M step—//

  •    Update θk to θk+1 by Equations (9)–(11).

  •     kk+1

  • end while

  • return  θk