Theoretical Foundations of Functional Data Analysis, with an Introduction to Linear Operators

Functional Data is data in the form of curves, rather than in conventional numbers, which is becoming an increasingly popular method for interpreting scientific data. Amongst other things, this collection of statistical techniques is used for interpreting the analysis of handwriting, the assessment of human growth patterns, the study of criminal behaviour, and financial analysis. This makes this book interesting either for statistical researchers or practitioners analyzing functional data in any one of the aforementioned areas.
This book provides an authoritative account of function data analysis covering its foundations, theory, methodology, and practical implementation. It also contains examples taken from a wide range of disciplines, including finance, medicine and psychology. Finally, it includes a supporting website, hosting the real data sets analyzed in the book and related software.