Functional Linear Partial Quantile Regression with Guaranteed Convergence for Neuroimaging Data Analysis

Dengdeng Yu (), Matthew Pietrosanu (), Ivan Mizera (), Bei Jiang (), Linglong Kong () and Wei Tu ()
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Dengdeng Yu: University of Texas at Arlington
Matthew Pietrosanu: University of Alberta
Ivan Mizera: University of Alberta
Bei Jiang: University of Alberta
Linglong Kong: University of Alberta
Wei Tu: Queen’s University

Statistics in Biosciences, 2025, vol. 17, issue 1, No 9, 174-190

Abstract: Abstract Functional data such as curves and surfaces have become more and more common with modern technological advancements. The use of functional predictors remains challenging due to its inherent infinite dimensionality. The common practice is to project functional data into a finite dimensional space. The popular partial least square method has been well studied for the functional linear model (Delaigle and Hall in Ann Stat 40(1):322–352, 2012). As an alternative, quantile regression provides a robust and more comprehensive picture of the conditional distribution of a response when it is non-normal, heavy-tailed, or contaminated by outliers. While partial quantile regression (PQR) was proposed in (Yu et al. in Neurocomputing 195:74–87, 2016)[2], no theoretical guarantees were provided due to the iterative nature of the algorithm and the non-smoothness of quantile loss function. To address these issues, we propose an alternative PQR formulation with guaranteed convergence. This novel formulation motivates new theories and allows us to establish asymptotic properties. Numerical studies on a benchmark dataset show the superiority of our new approach. We also apply our novel method to a functional magnetic resonance imaging data to predict attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and a diffusion tensor imaging dataset to predict Alzheimer’s disease.

Keywords: Functional data analysis; Functional partial least square; Functional partial quantile regression; Finite smoothing; Neuroimaging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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