function [StateMu,StateSqrtP,StateWeights] = fit_gaussian_mixture(X,X_weights,StateMu,StateSqrtP,StateWeights,crit,niters,check)

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[dim,Ndata] = size(X);
M = size(StateMu,2) ;
if check                        % Ensure that covariances don't collapse
    MIN_COVAR_SQRT = sqrt(eps);
    init_covars = StateSqrtP;
end
eold = -Inf;
for n=1:niters
    % Calculate posteriors based on old parameters
    [prior,likelihood,marginal,posterior] = probability3(StateMu,StateSqrtP,StateWeights,X,X_weights);
    e = sum(log(marginal));
    if (n > 1 && abs((e - eold)/eold) < crit)
        return;
    else
        eold = e;
    end
    new_pr = (sum(posterior,2))';
    StateWeights = new_pr/Ndata;
    StateMu = bsxfun(@rdivide,(posterior*X')',new_pr);
    for j=1:M
        diffs = bsxfun(@minus,X,StateMu(:,j));
        tpost = (1/sqrt(new_pr(j)))*sqrt(posterior(j,:));
        diffs = bsxfun(@times,diffs,tpost);
        [foo,tcov] = qr2(diffs',0);
        StateSqrtP(:,:,j) = tcov';
        if check
            if min(abs(diag(StateSqrtP(:,:,j)))) < MIN_COVAR_SQRT
                StateSqrtP(:,:,j) = init_covars(:,:,j);
            end
        end
    end
end
