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This study presents a new functional structural equation model to estimate directional relationships in complex data. The method accurately identifies causal pathways, even with nonlinear interactions, and is validated in brain connectivity analysis.

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  • Statistics
  • Machine Learning
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Estimating directional relationships from multivariate functional data is challenging.
  • Existing methods often struggle with nonlinear relationships and high dimensionality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel functional structural equation model (FSEM) for robust estimation of directional relations.
  • To develop a method capable of handling nonlinear interactions and large-scale functional data.

Main Methods:

  • Decoupling estimation into directional order determination and sparse functional regression.
  • Proposing a score function at the linear operator level for nonlinear relation recovery.
  • Developing sparse functional additive regression for functional response and predictors.

Main Results:

  • The proposed score function successfully recovers true directional orders in nonlinear settings.
  • Theoretical consistencies established for order determination, regression, and directed acyclic graph estimation.
  • Method demonstrated efficacy through simulations and brain effective connectivity analysis.

Conclusions:

  • The developed FSEM provides a powerful tool for inferring directional functional data.
  • The method offers computational efficiency and scalability for complex datasets.
  • This approach advances the analysis of functional data, particularly in neuroscience applications.