Functional Principal Component
Functional principal component analysis (FPCA) is a dimensionality reduction technique used to represent complex, high-dimensional functional data (e.g., curves, time series) with a smaller set of uncorrelated principal components, capturing the most significant variations within the data. Current research emphasizes improving FPCA's application in classification tasks, often integrating it with machine learning models like random forests and neural networks (including autoencoders) to enhance predictive power and interpretability. This work is driven by the need for efficient and robust methods to analyze increasingly large and complex functional datasets across diverse fields, leading to improved model accuracy and insights in applications ranging from medical diagnosis to financial modeling.