Classification tree methods for panel data using wavelet-transformed time series

Xin Zhao, Stuart Barber, Charles C. Taylor and Zoka Milan

Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 2018, vol. 127, issue C, 204-216

Abstract: Wavelet-transformed variables can have better classification performance for panel data than using variables on their original scale. Examples are provided showing the types of data where using a wavelet-based representation is likely to improve classification accuracy. Results show that in most cases wavelet-transformed data have better or similar classification accuracy to the original data, and only select genuinely useful explanatory variables. Use of wavelet-transformed data provides localized mean and difference variables which can be more effective than the original variables, provide a means of separating “signal” from “noise”, and bring the opportunity for improved interpretation via the consideration of which resolution scales are the most informative. Panel data with multiple observations on each individual require some form of aggregation to classify at the individual level. Three different aggregation schemes are presented and compared using simulated data and real data gathered during liver transplantation. Methods based on aggregating individual level data before classification outperform methods which rely solely on the combining of time-point classifications.

Keywords: CART; MODWT; Panel data; Noise exclusion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2018.05.019

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