Nonparametric regression for functional data provides a flexible statistical framework for modelling relationships between a scalar response and predictors that are inherently functional in nature.

Sankhyā: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Series B (1960-2002), Vol. 62, No. 3 (Dec., 2000), pp. 433-447 (15 pages) This paper discusses an econometric technique based on optimal control theory which ...

Abstract: Body size is an important determinant of fitness in many organisms. While size will typically change over the lifetime of an individual, heritable components of phenotypic variance may also ...