LPCM (version 0.41-6)

lpc: Local principal curves

Description

This is the main function which computes the actual local principal curve, i.e. a sequence of local centers of mass.

Usage

lpc(X, h, t0 = mean(h),  x0,  mult = 1, way = "two",  scaled = TRUE,
      weights=1, pen = 2, depth = 1, control=lpc.control())

Arguments

X

data matrix with $N$ lines (observations) and $d$ columns (variables). Note that $d>2$ restricts depth to 1.

h

bandwidth. May be either specified as a single number, then the same bandwidth is used in all dimensions, or as a d-dimensional bandwidth vector. The default setting is 10 percent of the range in each direction. If scaled =TRUE then

t0

scalar step length. Default setting is t0=h, if h is a scalar, and t0=mean(h), if h is a vector.

x0

optionally, one can set one or more starting points here. This can be done in form of a matrix, where each row corresponds to a starting point, or in form of a vector, where starting points are read in consecutive order from the entries of th

mult

numerical value which specifies the number of starting points. If the number given here is larger than the number of starting points provided at x0, then the missing points will be set at random. For example, if $d=2$, mu

way

"one": go only in direction of the first local eigenvector, "back": go only in opposite direction, "two": go from starting point in both directions.

scaled

if TRUE, scales each variable by dividing through its range (see also the Notes section below).

weights

a vector of observation weights (can also be used to exclude individual observations from the computation by setting their weight to zero.)

pen

power used for angle penalization (see [1]). If set to 0, the angle penalization is switched off.

depth

maximum depth of branches (phimax in [2]), restricted to the values 1,2 or 3, where 2 and 3 are only allowed for $d=2$.

control

Additional parameters steering partcularly the boundary and convergence behavior of the fitted curve. See lpc.control.

Value

• A list of items:
• LPC
  The coordinates of the local centers of mass of the fitted principal curve.
• Parametrization
  Curve parameters and branch labels for each local center of mass.
• h
  The bandwidth used for the curve estimation.
• to
  The constant $t_0$ used for the curve estimation.
• starting.points
  The coordinates of the starting point(s) used.
• data
  The data frame used for curve estimation.
• scaled
  Logical.
• weights
  The vector of weights used for curve estimation.
• control
  The settings used in lpc.control()
• Misc
  Miscellannea.

References

[1] Einbeck, J., Tutz, G., & Evers, L. (2005). Local principal curves. Statistics and Computing 15, 301-313.

[2] Einbeck, J., Tutz, G., & Evers, L. (2005): Exploring Multivariate Data Structures with Local Principal Curves. In: Weihs, C. and Gaul, W. (Eds.): Classification - The Ubiquitous Challenge. Springer, Heidelberg, pages 256-263.

Examples

data(calspeedflow)
lpc1 <- lpc(calspeedflow[,3:4])
plot(lpc1)

data(mussels, package="dr")
lpc2 <- lpc(mussels[,-3], x0=as.numeric(mussels[49,-3]), scaled=FALSE)
pairs(lpc2$LPC, panel="lines", labels= c("H","L","S","W") )

data(gaia)
s <- sample(nrow(gaia),200)
gaia.pc <-  princomp(gaia[s,5:20])
lpc3 <- lpc(gaia.pc$scores[,c(2,1,3)],scaled=FALSE)
plot(lpc3,curvecol=2)