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This is a well-written blog on how we can fit a mixture of beta distributions to a dataset:

http://varianceexplained.org/r/mixture-models-baseball/

However, it would have been excellent to identify the optimal number of beta distributions one can fit a beta mixture model. I think one could figure this out using AIC/BIC but I am not sure how to do this or if there is already a package (preferably in R) that could do this. Any insights will be much appreciated. Thanks.

Kasthuri
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  • Thanks, Xi'an. I would appreciate how AIC/BIC applies to this particular problem. – Kasthuri Nov 22 '21 at 20:42
  • There are constraints on AIC/BIC, for example, $N>100$ or $300$, that are severe enough that I wouldn't trust them for something as volatile as mixture models of beta distributions without checking first if all the conditions assumed actually apply to the data available. – Carl Nov 23 '21 at 01:29
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    BIC is a constistent criterion for estimating the number of component, AIC is not. – Xi'an Nov 23 '21 at 08:33

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