Support Vector Machines (SVMs) is known to be a powerful nonparametric classification technique even for high-dimensional data. Although predictive ability is important, obtaining an easy-to-interpret classifier is also crucial in many applications. Linear SVM provides a classifier based on a...

With continually increasing data sizes, the relevance of the big n problem of classical likelihood approaches is greater than ever. The functional mixed-effects model is a well established class of models for analyzing functional data. Spatial functional data in a mixed-effects setting is...

Motivated by a longitudinal study on factors affecting the frequency of clinic visits of older adults, an exploratory time varying lagged regression analysis is proposed to relate a longitudinal response to multiple cross-sectional and longitudinal predictors from time varying lags. Regression...

Penalties with an ℓ1 norm provide solutions in which some coefficients are exactly zero and can be used for selecting variables in regression settings. When applied to the logistic regression model, they also can be used to select variables which affect classification. We focus on the form of...

The problem of finding a template function that represents the common pattern of a sample of curves is considered. To address this issue, a novel algorithm based on a robust version of the isometric featuring mapping (Isomap) algorithm is developed. When the functional data lie on an unknown...

A new version of dynamic time warping for samples of observed event times that are modeled as time-warped intensity processes is introduced. The approach is developed within a framework where for each experimental unit or subject in a sample, a random number of event times or random locations...

This paper is on regression models when the explanatory variable is a function. The question is to look for which among the pn discretized values of the function must be incorporated in the model. The aim of the paper is to show how the continuous structure of the data allows to develop new...