B0901
Title: A classification tree for functional data
Authors: Jan Gertheiss - Helmut Schmidt University (Germany) [presenting]
Annette Moeller - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) (Germany)
Abstract: Many standard tools for data analysis already have their functional counterparts tailored to the specific properties of functional data. We introduce a novel classification tree specifically designed to deal with functional predictors. Partitioning for a chosen predictor in a specific node of the tree is based on comparing each observational curve in that node to the class-specific mean in terms of a (functional) distance measure. A curve under consideration is assigned to the class to whose mean curve it is closest in terms of the chosen metric.
