Functional data analysis (FDA) studies data in the form of measurements over a domain as whole entities. Our first focus is on the post-hoc analysis with pairwise and contrast comparisons of the popular functional ANOVA model comparing groups of functional data. Existing contrast tests assume independent functional observations within group. In reality, this assumption may not be satisfactory since functional data are often collected continually overtime on a subject. In this work, we introduce a new linear contrast test that accounts for time dependency among functional group members. For a significant contrast test, it can be beneficial to identify the region of significant difference. In the second part, we propose a non-parametric regression procedure to obtain a locally sparse estimate of functional contrast. Our work is motivated by a biomedical study using Raman spectroscopy to monitor hemodialysis treatment near real-time. With contrast test and sparse estimation, practitioners can monitor the progress of the hemodialysis within session and identify important chemicals for dialysis adequacy monitoring. In the third part, we propose a functional data model for degradation analysis of functional data. Motivated by degradation analysis application of rechargeable Li-ion batteries, we combine state-of-the-art functional linear models to produce fully functional prediction for curves on heterogenous domains. Simulation studies and data analysis demonstrate the advantage of the proposed method in predicting degradation measure than existing method using aggregation method. / Doctor of Philosophy / Functional data analysis (FDA) studies complex data structure in the form of curves and shapes. Our work is motivated by two applications concerning data from Raman spectroscopy and battery degradation study. Raman spectra of a liquid sample are curves with measurements over a domain of wavelengths that can identify chemical composition and whose values signify the constituent concentrations in the sample. We first propose a statistical procedure to test the significance of a functional contrast formed by spectra collected at beginning and at later time points during a dialysis session. Then a follow-up procedure is developed to produce a sparse representation of the contrast functional contrast with clearly identified zero and nonzero regions. The use of this method on contrast formed by Raman spectra of used dialysate collected at different time points during hemodialysis sessions can be adapted for evaluating the treatment efficacy in real time. In a third project, we apply state-of-the-art methodologies from FDA to a degradation study of rechargeable Li-ion batteries. Our proposed methods produce fully functional prediction of voltage discharge curves allowing flexibility in monitoring battery health.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/111538 |
| Date | 16 August 2022 |
| Creators | Do, Quyen Ngoc |
| Contributors | Statistics, Du, Pang, Kim, Inyoung, Hong, Yili, Deng, Xinwei |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | ETD, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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