Mathematics – Statistics Theory
Scientific paper
2011-03-19
Mathematics
Statistics Theory
Revised paper. More focused on a subproblem and more theoretical results
Scientific paper
We introduce a novel geometric framework for separating the phase and the amplitude variability in functional data of the type frequently studied in growth curve analysis. This framework uses the Fisher-Rao Riemannian metric to derive a proper distance on the quotient space of functions modulo the time-warping group. A convenient square-root velocity function (SRVF) representation transforms the Fisher-Rao metric into the standard $\ltwo$ metric, simplifying the computations. This distance is then used to define a Karcher mean template and warp the individual functions to align them with the Karcher mean template. The strength of this framework is demonstrated by deriving a consistent estimator of a signal observed under random warping, scaling, and vertical translation. These ideas are demonstrated using both simulated and real data from different application domains: the Berkeley growth study, handwritten signature curves, neuroscience spike trains, and gene expression signals. The proposed method is empirically shown to be be superior in performance to several recently published methods for functional alignment.
Klassen Eric
Kurtek Sebastian
Marron Stephen J.
Srivastava Anuj
Wu Wei
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