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28 November 2023

In existing models with an unknown link function, the issue of predictors containing both multiple functional data and multiple scalar data has not been studied. To fill this gap, we propose a generalized partially functional linear model, which not...

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1 Citations
1,523 Views
20 Pages

27 August 2024

This paper proposes a generalized partially functional linear model with interaction terms. It is suitable for cases where the response variable is scalar, and the predictor variables include a mix of functional and scalar types, while considering th...

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10 Citations
5,811 Views
35 Pages

Functional data is a common and important type in econometrics and has been easier and easier to collect in the big data era. To improve estimation accuracy and reduce forecast risks with functional data, in this paper, we propose a novel cross-valid...

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13 Citations
2,730 Views
12 Pages

Estimation in Partial Functional Linear Spatial Autoregressive Model

  • Yuping Hu,
  • Siyu Wu,
  • Sanying Feng and
  • Junliang Jin

1 October 2020

Functional regression allows for a scalar response to be dependent on a functional predictor; however, not much work has been done when response variables are dependence spatial variables. In this paper, we introduce a new partial functional linear s...

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16 Pages

16 June 2025

When performing Bayesian modeling on functional data, the assumption of normality is often made on the model error and thus the results may be sensitive to outliers and/or heavy tailed data. An important and good choice for solving such problems is q...

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2 Citations
2,533 Views
28 Pages

17 November 2022

The estimation of large functional and longitudinal data, which refers to the estimation of mean function, estimation of covariance function, and prediction of individual trajectory, is one of the most challenging problems in the field of high-dimens...

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23 Pages

21 August 2024

The functional partially linear regression model comprises a functional linear part and a non-parametric part. Testing the linear relationship between the response and the functional predictor is of fundamental importance. In cases where functional d...

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27 Citations
3,710 Views
12 Pages

Modelling Impulse Response Function of Functional Infrared Imaging for General Linear Model Analysis of Autonomic Activity

  • David Perpetuini,
  • Daniela Cardone,
  • Chiara Filippini,
  • Antonio Maria Chiarelli and
  • Arcangelo Merla

19 February 2019

Functional infrared imaging (fIRI) is a validated procedure to infer autonomic arousal. Currently, fIRI signals are analysed through descriptive metrics, such as average temperature changes in a region of interest (ROI). However, the employment of ma...

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2 Citations
1,980 Views
14 Pages

5 January 2023

It is well-known that the traditional functional regression model is mainly based on the least square or likelihood method. These methods usually rely on some strong assumptions, such as error independence and normality, that are not always satisfied...

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16 Pages

5 November 2020

In a functional linear model (FLM) with scalar response, the parameter curve quantifies the relationship between a functional explanatory variable and a scalar response. While these models can be ill-posed, a penalized regression spline approach may...

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3 Citations
1,880 Views
17 Pages

Air Quality Research Based on B-Spline Functional Linear Model: A Case Study of Fujian Province, China

  • Yihan Xu,
  • Tiange You,
  • Yuanyao Wen,
  • Jing Ning,
  • Yanglan Xiao and
  • Huirou Shen

12 October 2023

It is generally accepted that air quality is closely related to human health. In this study, to investigate the dynamic characteristics of air quality and explore the driving factors of air pollution, the Air Quality Index (AQI) and concentration dat...

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813 Views
16 Pages

3 July 2025

We study a novel Doubly penalized ERror Function regularized Quantile Regression (DERF-QR) in this paper. This is a method of variable selection by ERror Function (ERF) regularization in the linear effects model. We introduce a two-stage iterative al...

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3 Citations
2,302 Views
21 Pages

30 July 2022

We study the non-parametric estimation of partially linear generalized single-index functional models, where the systematic component of the model has a flexible functional semi-parametric form with a general link function. We suggest an efficient an...

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23 Pages

8 September 2024

This article investigates a variable selection method in semi-functional partially linear regression (SFPLR) models for strong α-mixing functional time series data. We construct penalized least squares estimators for unknown parameters and unkn...

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22 Pages

2 March 2022

Genome-wide association analysis is an important approach to identify genetic variants associated with complex traits. Complex traits are not only affected by single gene loci, but also by the interaction of multiple gene loci. Studies of association...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,846 Views
28 Pages

A Constrained Generalized Functional Linear Model for Multi-Loci Genetic Mapping

  • Jiayu Huang,
  • Jie Yang,
  • Zhangrong Gu,
  • Wei Zhu and
  • Song Wu

25 June 2021

In genome-wide association studies (GWAS), efficient incorporation of linkage disequilibria (LD) among densely typed genetic variants into association analysis is a critical yet challenging problem. Functional linear models (FLM), which impose a smoo...

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1 Citations
2,023 Views
32 Pages

Gene Association Analysis of Quantitative Trait Based on Functional Linear Regression Model with Local Sparse Estimator

  • Jingyu Wang,
  • Fujie Zhou,
  • Cheng Li,
  • Ning Yin,
  • Huiming Liu,
  • Binxian Zhuang,
  • Qingyu Huang and
  • Yongxian Wen

30 March 2023

Functional linear regression models have been widely used in the gene association analysis of complex traits. These models retain all the genetic information in the data and take full advantage of spatial information in genetic variation data, which...

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1 Citations
2,795 Views
15 Pages

30 November 2021

Background and Objectives: This study aimed to assess the effect of neck stabilization exercise on respiratory function in stroke patients through longitudinal observation and determine whether there is a difference in its effect based on the side of...

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2 Citations
3,108 Views
13 Pages

9 November 2020

Various methods exist to measure physical activity. Subjective methods, such as diaries and surveys, are relatively inexpensive ways of measuring one’s physical activity; however, they are prone to measurement error and bias due to self-reporti...

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2 Citations
5,487 Views
19 Pages

28 October 2022

Teachers’ professional development is now widely regarded as a key determinant of school effectiveness and student achievement. However, Mathematics teachers in Vietnamese secondary schools face numerous challenges in their teaching practices,...

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2 Citations
2,776 Views
19 Pages

27 April 2023

D-optimality is a well-known concept in experimental design that seeks to select an optimal set of design points to estimate the unknown parameters of a statistical model with a minimum variance. In this paper, we focus on proving a conjecture made b...

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25 Citations
4,893 Views
22 Pages

In this paper, we use ideas from fractional calculus to study the rheological response of soft materials under steady-shearing flow conditions. The linear viscoelastic properties of many multi-scale complex fluids exhibit a power-law behavior that sp...

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17 Citations
5,075 Views
31 Pages

18 October 2018

The compressor fuel cost minimization problem (FCMP) for natural gas pipelines is a relevant problem because of the substantial energy consumption of compressor stations transporting the large global demand for natural gas. The common method for mode...

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6 Citations
2,946 Views
18 Pages

13 January 2022

Minimum Renyi’s pseudodistance estimators (MRPEs) enjoy good robustness properties without a significant loss of efficiency in general statistical models, and, in particular, for linear regression models (LRMs). In this line, Castilla et al. co...

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1 Citations
2,261 Views
21 Pages

Assessing Opioid Use Disorder Treatments in Trials Subject to Non-Adherence via a Functional Generalized Linear Mixed-Effects Model

  • Madeleine St. Ville,
  • Andrew W. Bergen,
  • James W. Baurley,
  • Joe D. Bible and
  • Christopher S. McMahan

The opioid crisis in the United States poses a major threat to public health due to psychiatric and infectious disease comorbidities and death due to opioid use disorder (OUD). OUD is characterized by patterns of opioid misuse leading to persistent h...

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34 Pages

5 March 2025

In this article, we examine a class of partially linear additive models (PLAM) defined via a measurable mapping Ψ:Rq→R. More precisely, we consider Ψ(Yi):=Yi=Zi⊤β+∑l=1dml(Xl,i)+εi,i=1,…,n, where Zi=(Zi,1,&he...

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2 Citations
2,116 Views
15 Pages

Mixtures of Semi-Parametric Generalised Linear Models

  • Salomon M. Millard and
  • Frans H. J. Kanfer

18 February 2022

The mixture of generalised linear models (MGLM) requires knowledge about each mixture component’s specific exponential family (EF) distribution. This assumption is relaxed and a mixture of semi-parametric generalised linear models (MSPGLM) appr...

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3 Citations
2,173 Views
33 Pages

24 July 2023

The convergence rate for free-distribution functional data analyses is challenging. It requires some advanced pure mathematics functional analysis tools. This paper aims to bring several contributions to the existing functional data analysis literatu...

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2,386 Views
21 Pages

28 June 2024

The exponential dispersion model (EDM) generated by the Landau distribution, denoted by EDM-EVF (exponential variance function), belongs to the Tweedie scale with power infinity. Its density function does not have an explicit form and, as of yet, has...

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4 Citations
3,185 Views
20 Pages

16 May 2022

This paper presents a tracking control scheme for nonlinear systems with input constraints by combining the continuous-time model predictive control and the feedback linearization. Although there are some similar combinations for nonlinear systems pr...

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7 Citations
2,399 Views
23 Pages

24 February 2022

An essential challenge in generation scheduling (GS) problems of hydrothermal power systems is the inclusion of adequate modeling of the hydroelectric production function (HPF). The HPF is a nonlinear and nonconvex function that depends on the head a...

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601 Views
18 Pages

11 November 2025

Besides the closed-form expansion coefficients of a weak-form numerical differentiator (WFND), we introduce a cubic boundary shape function with the aid of two parameters for reducing the boundary errors of fourth-order numerical derivatives to zero....

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3 Citations
1,740 Views
12 Pages

In this paper, the inverse cumulative grey time power model with a Caputo fractional derivative is established, and the solution to the whitening equation is given by the Laplace transform. To improve the prediction accuracy of the model, the linear-...

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320 Views
22 Pages

Advection–diffusion–reaction-type interface models have wide-ranging applications in environmental science, chemical engineering, and biological systems, particularly in modeling pollutant transport in groundwater, reactive flows, and dru...

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9 Citations
7,909 Views
16 Pages

This paper considers a functional-coefficient spatial Durbin model with nonparametric spatial weights. Applying the series approximation method, we estimate the unknown functional coefficients and spatial weighting functions via a nonparametric two-s...

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2 Citations
3,173 Views
24 Pages

28 January 2022

Motivated by mobile devices that record data at a high frequency, we propose a new methodological framework for analyzing a semi-parametric regression model that allow us to study a nonlinear relationship between a scalar response and multiple functi...

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16 Citations
1,938 Views
16 Pages

16 June 2022

The article considers a three-dimensional mathematical model of population dynamics based on a system of non-stationary parabolic advection-diffusion-reaction equations with lower derivatives describing the advective motion of the aquatic environment...

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4 Citations
3,295 Views
18 Pages

18 August 2020

In this paper, we propose an analytic solution of state-constrained optimal tracking control problems for continuous-time linear time-invariant (CT-LTI) systems that are based on model-based prediction, the quadratic penalty function, and the variati...

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1,144 Views
14 Pages

A Comparative View of Becker, Lomnitz, and Lambert Linear Viscoelastic Models

  • Juan Luis González-Santander and
  • Francesco Mainardi

31 October 2024

We compare the classical viscoelastic models due to Becker and Lomnitz with respect to a recent viscoelastic model based on the Lambert W function. We take advantage of this comparison to derive new analytical expressions for the relaxation spectrum...

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1,956 Views
13 Pages

Solving Stochastic Nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann Equations Using a Collocation Method Based on RBFs

  • Samaneh Mokhtari,
  • Ali Mesforush,
  • Reza Mokhtari,
  • Rahman Akbari and
  • Clemens Heitzinger

29 April 2023

In this paper, we present a numerical scheme based on a collocation method to solve stochastic non-linear Poisson–Boltzmann equations (PBE). This equation is a generalized version of the non-linear Poisson–Boltzmann equations arising from...

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3 Citations
2,908 Views
19 Pages

17 August 2022

In this paper, we investigate whether gender employment rate responses to upward and downward fluctuations in the business cycle are symmetric and whether these responses differ depending on gender employment segregation in sectors and on different t...

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6 Citations
4,691 Views
15 Pages

18 May 2023

The Tsallis q-Gaussian distribution is a powerful generalization of the standard Gaussian distribution and is commonly used in various fields, including non-extensive statistical mechanics, financial markets and image processing. It belongs to the q-...

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483 Views
22 Pages

31 October 2025

Real-time control of web traffic is a critical issue for network operators and service providers. It helps ensure robust service and avoid service interruptions, which has an important financial impact. However, due to the high speed and volume of ac...

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16 Citations
8,333 Views
13 Pages

Binomial Regression Models with a Flexible Generalized Logit Link Function

  • Rindang Bangun Prasetyo,
  • Heri Kuswanto,
  • Nur Iriawan and
  • Brodjol Sutijo Suprih Ulama

2 February 2020

In binomial regression, a link function is used to join the linear predictor variables and the expectation of the response variable. This paper proposes a flexible link function from a new class of generalized logistic distribution, namely a flexible...

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12 Citations
5,904 Views
13 Pages

Definition of Reference Models for Power, Weight, Working Width, and Price for Seeding Machines

  • Tatevik Yezekyan,
  • Francesco Marinello,
  • Giannantonio Armentano,
  • Samuele Trestini and
  • Luigi Sartori

29 November 2018

Machine functional parameters define fleet composition and management and, thus, play an important role in economic and environmental performance. Large availability of programming methods and decision support systems are available in the market, how...

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2,512 Views
30 Pages

21 June 2022

In this paper, we present extensions of the Hatzopoulos–Sagianou (2020) (HS) multiple-component stochastic mortality model. Our aim is to thoroughly evaluate and stress test the HS model by deploying various link functions, using generalised li...

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11 Citations
3,318 Views
27 Pages

9 December 2019

The investigation of size effects appearing in the dependence of AlGaN/GaN HEMT high-frequency characteristics on channel width d and number of sections n is conducted using the notions of measure, metric and normed functional (linear) spaces. In acc...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,498 Views
13 Pages

Performance of a Simple Energetic-Converting Reaction Model Using Linear Irreversible Thermodynamics

  • J. C. Chimal-Eguia,
  • R. Paez-Hernandez,
  • Delfino Ladino-Luna and
  • Juan Manuel Velázquez-Arcos

24 October 2019

In this paper, the methodology of the so-called Linear Irreversible Thermodynamics (LIT) is applied to analyze the properties of an energetic-converting biological process using simple model for an enzymatic reaction that couples one exothermic and o...

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4 Citations
2,915 Views
11 Pages

11 October 2020

In silico tools to predict genotoxicity have become important for high-throughput screening of chemical substances. However, current in silico tools to evaluate chromosomal damage do not discriminate in vitro-specific positives that can be followed b...

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