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Area of Science:

  • Statistics
  • Data Science
  • Functional Data Analysis

Background:

  • Stochastic processes generate data that can be complex and require advanced analytical methods.
  • Detecting anomalous or outlier data points is crucial for reliable data analysis and interpretation.
  • Entropy is a key concept in information theory, but its application to stochastic processes, especially functional data, is not well-established.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To define and estimate entropy for stochastic processes, specifically functional data.
  • To develop methods for identifying minimum entropy sets to detect anomalous functional data.
  • To apply and validate the proposed methods using both simulated and real-world mortality rate data.

Main Methods:

  • A reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) model is proposed for entropy estimation from functional data samples.
  • Two novel approaches are introduced to estimate minimum entropy sets.
  • A numerical experiment and a real-data analysis of mortality rates are conducted for performance evaluation.

Main Results:

  • The proposed RKHS model effectively estimates entropy for stochastic processes.
  • The minimum entropy set estimation methods successfully identify anomalous functional data.
  • The application to mortality rate curves demonstrates the practical utility of the functional anomaly detection approach.

Conclusions:

  • The study provides a robust framework for defining and estimating entropy in stochastic processes.
  • The developed methods offer a powerful tool for functional anomaly detection.
  • The findings have implications for various fields requiring the analysis of complex, time-dependent data, such as actuarial science.