cor_mfd: Correlation Function for Multivariate Functional Data
Description
Computes the correlation function for two multivariate functional data objects of class mfd.
Usage
cor_mfd(mfdobj1, mfdobj2 = mfdobj1)
Value
A bifd object representing the correlation function of the two input objects. The output
is a collection of \(p^2\) functional surfaces, each corresponding to the correlation between
two components of the multivariate functional data.
Arguments
mfdobj1
An object of class mfd representing the first multivariate functional data set.
It contains \(N\) observations of a \(p\)-dimensional multivariate functional variable.
mfdobj2
An object of class mfd representing the second multivariate functional data set.
Defaults to mfdobj1. If provided, it must also contain \(N\) observations of a \(p\)-dimensional
multivariate functional variable.
Details
The function calculates the correlation between all pairs of dimensions from the two multivariate
functional data objects. The data is first scaled using scale_mfd, and the correlation
is then computed as the covariance of the scaled data using cov_mfd.