boolean eventBased = true;
// save memory?
boolean saveMemory = false;
EMMultiStart em = new EMMultiStart(_obs, outputModel, outputEstimator, initialParameters);
em.setNumberOfScanningSteps(nscansteps);
em.setNumberOfConvergenceSteps(nconvsteps);
em.setLikelihoodDecreaseTolerance(dectol);
return em;
}