Uncertainty Estimation in Functional Linear Models

01/29/2018
by   Tapabrata Maiti, et al.
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Functional data analysis is proved to be useful in many scientific applications. The physical process is observed as curves and often there are several curves observed due to multiple subjects, providing the replicates in statistical sense. The recent literature develops several techniques for registering the curves and associated model estimation. However, very little has been investigated for statistical inference, specifically uncertainty estimation. In this article, we consider functional linear mixed modeling approach to combine several curves. We concentrate measuring uncertainty when the functional linear mixed models are used for prediction. Although measuring the uncertainty is paramount interest in any statistical prediction, there is no closed form expression available for functional mixed effects models. In many real life applications only a finite number of curves can be observed. In such situations it is important to asses the error rate for any valid statistical statement. We derive theoretically valid approximation of uncertainty measurements that are suitable along with modified estimation techniques. We illustrate our methods by numerical examples and compared with other existing literature as appropriate. Our method is computationally simple and often outperforms the other methods.

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