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Table 5 Selection of the number of states of the fitted NB-HMMs

From: Evidence for overdispersion in the distribution of malaria parasites and leukocytes in thick blood smears

 

p a

p b

p c

ℓ a

ℓ b

ℓ c

LRT

4

6

3

5

3

5

AIC

4

6

3

5

3

5

BIC

4

3

2

3

2

3

  1. Three selection criteria (LRT, AIC and BIC) were used to select the optimal number of states of the negative binomial HMMs fitted to parasite (p a , p b , p c ) and leukocyte ( ℓ a , ℓ b , ℓ c ) counts.
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Malaria Journal

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