fda (version 2.2.6)

smooth.monotone: Monotone Smoothing of Data

Description

When the discrete data that are observed reflect a smooth strictly increasing or strictly decreasing function, it is often desirable to smooth the data with a strictly monotone function, even though the data themselves may not be monotone due to observational error. An example is when data are collected on the size of a growing organism over time. This function computes such a smoothing function, but, unlike other smoothing functions, for only for one curve at a time. The smoothing function minimizes a weighted error sum of squares criterion. This minimization requires iteration, and therefore is more computationally intensive than normal smoothing. The monotone smooth is beta[1]+beta[2]*integral(exp(Wfdobj)), where Wfdobj is a functional data object. Since exp(Wfdobj)>0, its integral is monotonically increasing.

Usage

smooth.monotone(argvals, y, WfdParobj, wtvec=rep(1,n),
                zmat=NULL, conv=.0001, iterlim=50,
                active=rep(TRUE,nbasis), dbglev=1)

Arguments

argvals

Argument value array of length N, where N is the number of observed curve values for each curve. It is assumed that that these argument values are common to all observed curves. If this is not the case, you will need to run this function

y

a vector of data values. This function can only smooth one set of data at a time. Function value array (the values to be fit). If the functional data are univariate, this array will be an N by NCURVE matrix, where N is the number o

WfdParobj

A functional parameter or fdPar object. This object contains the specifications for the functional data object to be estimated by smoothing the data. See comment lines in function fdPar for details. The functional data object WFD in WFDP

wtvec

a vector of weights to be used in the smoothing.

zmat

a design matrix or a matrix of covariate values that also define the smooth of the data.

conv

a convergence criterion.

iterlim

the maximum number of iterations allowed in the minimization of error sum of squares.

active

a logical vector specifying which coefficients defining $W(t)$ are estimated. Normally, the first coefficient is fixed.

dbglev

either 0, 1, or 2. This controls the amount information printed out on each iteration, with 0 implying no output, 1 intermediate output level, and 2 full output. If either level 1 or 2 is specified, it can be helpful to turn off the outpu

Value

• an object of class monfd, which is a list with the following 5 components:
• Wfdobj
  a functional data object defining function $W(argvals)$ that optimizes the fit to the data of the monotone function that it defines.
• beta
  The regression coefficients $b_0$ and $b_1$ for each smoothed curve. If the curves are univariate and ... ZMAT is NULL, BETA is 2 by NCURVE. ... ZMAT has P columns, BETA is P+1 by NCURVE. If the curves are multivariate and ... ZMAT is NULL, BETA is 2 by NCURVE by NVAR. ... ZMAT has P columns, BETA is P+1 by NCURVE by NVAR.
• yhatfd
  A functional data object for the monotone curves that smooth the data. This object is constructed using the basis for WFDOBJ, and this basis may well be too simple to accommodate the curvature in the monotone function that Wfdobjnes. It may be necessary to discard this object and use a richer basis externally to smooth the values defined by beta[1] + beta[2]*eval.monfd(evalarg, Wfdobj).
• Flist
  a named list containing three results for the final converged solution: (1) f: the optimal function value being minimized, (2) grad: the gradient vector at the optimal solution, and (3) norm: the norm of the gradient vector at the optimal solution.
• y2cMap
  For each estimated curve (and variable if functions are multivariate, this is an N by NBASIS matrix containing a linear mappping from data to coefficients that can be used for computing point-wise confidence intervals. If NCURVE = NVAR = 1, a matrix is returned. Otherwise an NCURVE by NVAR list is returned, with each slot containing this mapping.
• argvals
  input argvals, possibly modified / clarified by argcheck.
• y
  input argument y, possibly modified / clarified by ycheck.

Details

The smoothing function $f(argvals)$ is determined by three objects that need to be estimated from the data:

• $W(argvals)$, a functional data object that is first exponentiated and then the result integrated. This is the heart of the monotone smooth. The closer $W(argvals)$ is to zero, the closer the monotone smooth becomes a straight line. The closer $W(argvals)$ becomes a constant, the more the monotone smoother becomes an exponential function. It is assumed that $W(0) = 0.$
• $b0$, an intercept term that determines the value of the smoothing function at $argvals = 0$.
• $b1$, a regression coefficient that determines the slope of the smoothing function at $argvals = 0$.

In addition, it is possible to have the intercept $b0$ depend in turn on the values of one or more covariates through the design matrix Zmat as follows: $b0 = Z c$. In this case, the single intercept coefficient is replaced by the regression coefficients in vector $c$ multipying the design matrix.

References

Ramsay, James O., and Silverman, Bernard W. (2006), Functional Data Analysis, 2nd ed., Springer, New York. Ramsay, James O., and Silverman, Bernard W. (2002), Applied Functional Data Analysis, Springer, New York.

See Also

smooth.basis, smooth.pos, smooth.morph

Examples

#  Estimate the acceleration functions for growth curves
#  See the analyses of the growth data.
#  Set up the ages of height measurements for Berkeley data
age <- c( seq(1, 2, 0.25), seq(3, 8, 1), seq(8.5, 18, 0.5))
#  Range of observations
rng <- c(1,18)
#  First set up a basis for monotone smooth
#  We use b-spline basis functions of order 6
#  Knots are positioned at the ages of observation.
norder <- 6
nage   <- 31
nbasis <- nage + norder - 2
wbasis <- create.bspline.basis(rng, nbasis, norder, age)
#  starting values for coefficient
cvec0 <- matrix(0,nbasis,1)
Wfd0  <- fd(cvec0, wbasis)
#  set up functional parameter object
Lfdobj    <- 3          #  penalize curvature of acceleration
lambda    <- 10^(-0.5)  #  smoothing parameter
growfdPar <- fdPar(Wfd0, Lfdobj, lambda)
#  Set up wgt vector
wgt   <- rep(1,nage)
#  Smooth the data for the first girl
hgt1 = growth$hgtf[,1]
result <- smooth.monotone(age, hgt1, growfdPar, wgt)
#  Extract the functional data object and regression
#  coefficients
Wfd  <- result$Wfdobj
beta <- result$beta
#  Evaluate the fitted height curve over a fine mesh
agefine <- seq(1,18,len=101)
hgtfine <- beta[1] + beta[2]*eval.monfd(agefine, Wfd)
#  Plot the data and the curve
plot(age, hgt1, type="p")
lines(agefine, hgtfine)
#  Evaluate the acceleration curve
accfine <- beta[2]*eval.monfd(agefine, Wfd, 2)
#  Plot the acceleration curve
plot(agefine, accfine, type="l")
lines(c(1,18),c(0,0),lty=4)