Nonparametric estimation of a density from contaminated data is a difficult problem, for which convergence rates are notoriously slow. We introduce parametrically assisted nonparametric estimators which can dramatically improve on the performance of standard nonparametric estimators when the...

We consider classification of functional data when the training curves are not observed on the same interval. Different types of classifier are suggested, one of which involves a new curve extension procedure. Our approach enables us to exploit the information contained in the endpoints of these...

In the present study, we consider the problem of classifying spatial data distorted by a linear transformation or convolution and contaminated by additive random noise. In this setting, we show that classifier performance can be improved if we carefully invert the data before the classifier is...

We revisit the problem of extending the notion of principal component analysis (PCA) to multivariate datasets that satisfy nonlinear constraints, therefore lying on Riemannian manifolds. Our aim is to determine curves on the manifold that retain their canonical interpretability as principal...