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expectation of P(X|Z,θ) on Z|X,θ* to provide a “best guess” at the parameters θ that maximize the likelihood P(X|Z,θ). The simplified version of Q(θ,θ*) is shown below (see Appendix “Calculating Q(θ,θ*)” for details). The E-step is used to find Q(θ,θ*), which is the expectation of the complete