Functional linear regression with derivatives

Abstract

We introduce a new model of linear regression for random functional inputs taking into account the first-order derivative of the data. We propose an estimation method that comes down to solving a special linear inverse problem. Our procedure tackles the problem through a double and synchronised penalisation. An asymptotic expansion of the mean square prevision error is given. The model and the method are applied to a benchmark dataset of spectrometric curves and compared with other functional models