Qi Fan thinks this is interesting: Which of these has more unknown parameters? From 2 Classical Methods from Statistical Methods for Recommender Systems by Bee-Chung Chen, Deepak K. Agarwal Publisher: Cambridge University Press Released: December 2015 Note LDA has alpha and beta to address the problem from PLSA where the P(d) for the new document is unknown. PLSA has a linear number of parameters wrt. Documents and Words. This would easily go easy fitting Share this highlight http://www.safaribooksonline.com/a/statistical-methods-for/8770953/ Twitter Facebook Google Plus Email Get Instant Access Now Start a Free Trial Have an account? Sign in. Minimise Unlock the rest of Statistical Methods for Recommender Systems and 30,000 other books and videos By clicking this box, you confirm that you have read and agree to the terms and conditions of our Membership Agreement, and you understand that when your trial period ends, you will be required to provide billing information if you wish to continue using the service. Unlock the rest of this book Start a Free 10-Day Trial loading Learn about Safari for Business Have an account? Sign in.