The first model-based clustering algorithm for multivariate functional data is proposed. After introducing multivariate functional principal components analysis (MFPCA), a parametric mixture model, based on the assumption of normality of the principal component scores, is defined and estimated...

It is studied how to aggregate the probabilistic predictions generated by different SPODE (Super-Parent-One-Dependence Estimators) classifiers. It is shown that aggregating such predictions via compression-based weights achieves a slight but consistent improvement of performance over previously...

A new dimension reduction method is proposed for functional multivariate regression with a multivariate response and a functional predictor by extending the functional sliced inverse regression model. Naive application of existing dimension reduction techniques for univariate response will...

Knowledge of the cardinality and the number of minimal rank reducing observation sets in experimental design is important information which makes a useful contribution to the statistician’s tool-kit to assist in the selection of incomplete block designs. Its prime function is to guard against...

The interest in drug combinations is growing rapidly due to the opportunities they create to increase the therapeutic effect and to reduce the frequency or magnitude of undesirable side effects when single drugs fail to deliver satisfactory results. Considerable effort in studying benefits of...

Models for complex systems are often built with more parameters than can be uniquely identified by the available data. Because of the variety of causes, identifying a lack of parameter identifiability typically requires the mathematical manipulation of models, Monte Carlo simulations, and...

Excess zeros and overdispersion are common phenomena that limit the use of traditional Poisson regression models for modeling count data. Both excess zeros and overdispersion caused by unobserved heterogeneity are accounted for by the proposed zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP) regression mixture...

A selection procedure with no optimization step called LOLA, for Learning Out of Leaders with Adaptation is proposed. LOLA is an auto-driven algorithm with two thresholding steps. The consistency of the LOL procedure (the non adaptive version of LOLA) is proved under sparsity conditions and...

Matrices of binary or count data are modelled under a unified statistical framework using finite mixtures to group the rows and/or columns. These likelihood-based one-mode and two-mode fuzzy clusterings provide maximum likelihood estimation of parameters and the options of using likelihood ratio...

The investigation of species abundance in rivers involves data which are inherently sequential and unlikely to be fully independent. To take these characteristics into account, a Bayesian hierarchical model within the class of hidden Markov models is proposed to map the distribution of...