# Fitting a Multi-modal Density by Dynamic Programming

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.11121 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2207.11121/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 15 Jul 2022.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Bayesian taut splines for estimating the number of modes](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2307.05825/) (2023)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We consider the problem of fitting a probability density function when it is constrained to have a given number of modal intervals. We propose a dynamic programming approach to solving this problem numerically. When this number is not known, we provide several data-driven ways for selecting it. We perform some numerical experiments to illustrate our methodology.