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date_dt : 2005-04-15
title : Solving the Likelihood Equations
speaker :  Bernd Sturmfels  (UC Berkeley 
affiliation :  UC Berkeley
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==== abstract ====
Given a model in algebraic statistics and some data, the
likelihood function is a rational function on a projective variety.

We discuss algebraic methods for computing all critical points of this
function, with the aim of identifying the local maxima in the
probability simplex.
Joint work with Serkan Hosten and Amit Khetan.
Reference: [[http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/math.ST/0408270]]