Davide Pigoli
Distances and inference for covariance operators
Pigoli, Davide; Aston, John A.D.; Dryden, Ian L.; Secchi, Piercesare
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Abstract
A framework is developed for inference concerning the covariance operator of a functional random process, where the covariance operator itself is an object of interest for statistical analysis. Distances for comparing positive-definite covariance matrices are either extended or shown to be inapplicable to functional data. In particular, an infinite-dimensional analogue of the Procrustes size-and-shape distance is developed. Convergence of finite-dimensional approximations to the infinite-dimensional distance metrics is also shown. For inference, a Fréchet estimator of both the covariance operator itself and the average covariance operator is introduced. A permutation procedure to test the equality of the covariance operators between two groups is also considered. Additionally, the use of such distances for extrapolation to make predictions is explored. As an example of the proposed methodology, the use of covariance operators has been suggested in a philological study of cross-linguistic dependence as a way to incorporate quantitative phonetic information. It is shown that distances between languages derived from phonetic covariance functions can provide insight into the relationships between the Romance languages.
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Pigoli, D., Aston, J. A., Dryden, I. L., & Secchi, P. (2014). Distances and inference for covariance operators. Biometrika, 101(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/biomet/asu008
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 26, 2013 |
Publication Date | Apr 17, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Mar 6, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Journal | Biometrika |
Print ISSN | 0006-3444 |
Electronic ISSN | 1464-3510 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 101 |
Issue | 2 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/biomet/asu008 |
Keywords | Distance metric; Functional data analysis; Procrustes analysis; Shape analysis |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/726882 |
Publisher URL | https://academic.oup.com/biomet/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/biomet/asu008 |
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