Keywords
Survival analysis, cox regression, wavelets
Abstract
The objective of the current work is to develop novel procedures for the analysis of functional data and apply them for investigation of gender disparity in survival of lung cancer patients. In particular, we use the time-dependent Cox proportional hazards model where the clinical information is incorporated via time-independent covariates, and the current age is modeled using its expansion over wavelet basis functions. We developed computer algorithms and applied them to the data set which is derived from Florida Cancer Data depository data set (all personal information which allows to identify patients was eliminated). We also studied the problem of estimation of a continuous matrix-variate function of low rank. We have constructed an estimator of such function using its basis expansion and subsequent solution of an optimization problem with the Schattennorm penalty. We derive an oracle inequality for the constructed estimator, study its properties via simulations and apply the procedure to analysis of Dynamic Contrast medical imaging data.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2014
Semester
Summer
Advisor
Pensky, Marianna
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
College
College of Sciences
Department
Mathematics
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0005377
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0005377
Language
English
Release Date
August 2014
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)
Subjects
Dissertations, Academic -- Sciences; Sciences -- Dissertations, Academic
STARS Citation
Martinenko, Evgeny, "Functional Data Analysis and its application to cancer data" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4572.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/4572