Curve Clustering via Pairwise Directions Estimation
摘要
This article concerns the cluster analysis of curve response data with multi-dimensional covariates. A novel clustering approach based on dimension reduction to group curves with similar patterns without requiring a prespecified parametric model is introduced. The proposed method can be applied to analyze regularly or irregularly observed curve data. Instead of being driven by cost optimization, the clustering problem is shifted to explore the mean functions and basis patterns in data from the geometric viewpoint. For implementing a data-driven function search, the method of pairwise directions estimation (