Title
Rank dynamics for functional data
Abstract
The study of the dynamic behavior of cross-sectional ranks over time for functional data and the ranks of the observed curves at each time point and their temporal evolution can yield valuable insights into the time dynamics of functional data. This approach is of interest in various application areas. For the analysis of the dynamics of ranks, estimation of the cross-sectional ranks of functional data is a first step. Several statistics of interest for ranked functional data are proposed. To quantify the evolution of ranks over time, a model for rank derivatives is introduced, where rank dynamics are decomposed into two components. One component corresponds to population changes and the other to individual changes that both affect the rank trajectories of individuals. The joint asymptotic normality for suitable estimates of these two components is established. The proposed approaches are illustrated with simulations and three longitudinal datasets: Growth curves obtained from the Zürich Longitudinal Growth Study, monthly house price data in the US from 1996 to 2015 and Major League Baseball offensive data for the 2017 season.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1016/j.csda.2020.106963
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Decomposition of rank derivatives,Functional data analysis,House price dynamics,Major League Baseball,Zürich Longitudinal Growth Study
Journal
149
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0167-9473
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yaqing Chen100.34
Matthew Dawson200.34
Hans-Georg Müller3164.41