Cluster analysis for joint continuous and discrete correlated data

Abstract

We introduce a multivariate generalized linear mixed model with a normal mixture in the random effects distribution and show how to use the proposed model for a cluster analysis based on grouped continuous and discrete data obtained jointly on subjects being clustered. For practical analysis we present an extension of the R package mixAK.

Keywords

• Generalized linear mixed model
• Longitudinal data
• Markov chain Monte Carlo
• Normal mixture
• R package