Answers are grounded in this paper and cite their sources.
G. J. McLachlan, On Bootstrapping the Likelihood Ratio Test Stastistic for the Number of Components in a Normal Mixture, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C (Applied Statistics), Vol. 36, No. 3 (1987), pp. 318-324
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Geoffrey J. McLachlan (1987) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 10 related papers. Consider them for comparative context: