Penalized Subgrouping of Heterogeneous Time Series

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Main Authors: Crawford, Christopher M., Park, Jonathan J., Chow, Sy-Miin, Ernst, Anja F., Pipiras, Vladas, Fisher, Zachary F.
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author Crawford, Christopher M.
Park, Jonathan J.
Chow, Sy-Miin
Ernst, Anja F.
Pipiras, Vladas
Fisher, Zachary F.
author_facet Crawford, Christopher M.
Park, Jonathan J.
Chow, Sy-Miin
Ernst, Anja F.
Pipiras, Vladas
Fisher, Zachary F.
contents Interest in the study and analysis of dynamic processes in the social, behavioral, and health sciences has burgeoned in recent years due to the increased availability of intensive longitudinal data. However, how best to model and account for the persistent heterogeneity characterizing such processes remains an open question. The multi-VAR framework, a recent methodological development built on the vector autoregressive model, accommodates heterogeneous dynamics in multiple-subject time series through structured penalization. In the original multi-VAR proposal, individual-level transition matrices are decomposed into common and unique dynamics, allowing for generalizable and person-specific features. The current project extends this framework to allow additionally for the identification and penalized estimation of subgroup-specific dynamics; that is, patterns of dynamics that are shared across subsets of individuals. The performance of the proposed subgrouping extension is evaluated in the context of both a simulation study and empirical application, and results are compared to alternative methods for subgrouping multiple-subject, multivariate time series.
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spellingShingle Penalized Subgrouping of Heterogeneous Time Series
Crawford, Christopher M.
Park, Jonathan J.
Chow, Sy-Miin
Ernst, Anja F.
Pipiras, Vladas
Fisher, Zachary F.
Methodology
Interest in the study and analysis of dynamic processes in the social, behavioral, and health sciences has burgeoned in recent years due to the increased availability of intensive longitudinal data. However, how best to model and account for the persistent heterogeneity characterizing such processes remains an open question. The multi-VAR framework, a recent methodological development built on the vector autoregressive model, accommodates heterogeneous dynamics in multiple-subject time series through structured penalization. In the original multi-VAR proposal, individual-level transition matrices are decomposed into common and unique dynamics, allowing for generalizable and person-specific features. The current project extends this framework to allow additionally for the identification and penalized estimation of subgroup-specific dynamics; that is, patterns of dynamics that are shared across subsets of individuals. The performance of the proposed subgrouping extension is evaluated in the context of both a simulation study and empirical application, and results are compared to alternative methods for subgrouping multiple-subject, multivariate time series.
title Penalized Subgrouping of Heterogeneous Time Series
topic Methodology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03085