The α-k-NN regression for compositional data

02/12/2020
by   Michail Tsagris, et al.
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Compositional data arise in many real-life applications and versatile methods for properly analyzing this type of data in the regression context are needed. This paper, through use of the α-transformation, extends the classical k-NN regression to what is termed α-k-NN regression, yielding a highly flexible non-parametric regression model for compositional data. Unlike many of the recommended regression models for compositional data, zeros values (which commonly occur in practice) are not problematic and they can be incorporated into the proposed model without modification. Extensive simulation studies and real-life data analysis highlight the advantage of using α-k-NN regression for complex relationships between the response data and predictor variables for two cases, namely when the response data is compositional and predictor variables are continuous (or categorical) and vice versa. Both cases suggest that α-k-NN regression can lead to more accurate predictions compared to current regression models which assume a, sometimes restrictive, parametric relationship with the predictor variables.

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