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Main Authors: Rügamer, David, Liew, Bernard X. W., Altai, Zainab, Stöcker, Almond
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.05430
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author Rügamer, David
Liew, Bernard X. W.
Altai, Zainab
Stöcker, Almond
author_facet Rügamer, David
Liew, Bernard X. W.
Altai, Zainab
Stöcker, Almond
contents Semi-structured networks (SSNs) merge the structures familiar from additive models with deep neural networks, allowing the modeling of interpretable partial feature effects while capturing higher-order non-linearities at the same time. A significant challenge in this integration is maintaining the interpretability of the additive model component. Inspired by large-scale biomechanics datasets, this paper explores extending SSNs to functional data. Existing methods in functional data analysis are promising but often not expressive enough to account for all interactions and non-linearities and do not scale well to large datasets. Although the SSN approach presents a compelling potential solution, its adaptation to functional data remains complex. In this work, we propose a functional SSN method that retains the advantageous properties of classical functional regression approaches while also improving scalability. Our numerical experiments demonstrate that this approach accurately recovers underlying signals, enhances predictive performance, and performs favorably compared to competing methods.
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spellingShingle A Functional Extension of Semi-Structured Networks
Rügamer, David
Liew, Bernard X. W.
Altai, Zainab
Stöcker, Almond
Machine Learning
Applications
Computation
Semi-structured networks (SSNs) merge the structures familiar from additive models with deep neural networks, allowing the modeling of interpretable partial feature effects while capturing higher-order non-linearities at the same time. A significant challenge in this integration is maintaining the interpretability of the additive model component. Inspired by large-scale biomechanics datasets, this paper explores extending SSNs to functional data. Existing methods in functional data analysis are promising but often not expressive enough to account for all interactions and non-linearities and do not scale well to large datasets. Although the SSN approach presents a compelling potential solution, its adaptation to functional data remains complex. In this work, we propose a functional SSN method that retains the advantageous properties of classical functional regression approaches while also improving scalability. Our numerical experiments demonstrate that this approach accurately recovers underlying signals, enhances predictive performance, and performs favorably compared to competing methods.
title A Functional Extension of Semi-Structured Networks
topic Machine Learning
Applications
Computation
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.05430