Boosting Functional Response Models for Location, Scale and Shape with an Application to Bacterial Competition
Abstract
We extend Generalized Additive Models for Location, Scale, and Shape (GAMLSS) to regression with functional response. This allows us to simultaneously model point-wise mean curves, variances and other distributional parameters of the response in dependence of various scalar and functional covariate effects. In addition, the scope of distributions is extended beyond exponential families. The model is fitted via gradient boosting, which offers inherent model selection and is shown to be suitable for both complex model structures and highly auto-correlated response curves. This enables us to analyze bacterial growth in \textit{Escherichia coli} in a complex interaction scenario, fruitfully extending usual growth models.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1809.09881,
title = {Boosting Functional Response Models for Location, Scale and Shape with an Application to Bacterial Competition},
author = {Almond Stöcker and Sarah Brockhaus and Sophia Schaffer and Benedikt von Bronk and Madeleine Opitz and Sonja Greven},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.09881},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
bootstrap confidence interval type uncertainty bounds added; minor changes in formulations