34 Functional Analysis

Functional data is data containing an ordering on the dimensions. This implies that functional data consists of curves varying over a continuum, such as time, frequency, or wavelength.

34.1 How to model functional data?

There are two ways to model functional data:

Modification of the learner, so that the learner is suitable for the functional data
Modification of the task, so that the task matches the standard- or classification-learner

The development has not started yet, we are looking for contributors. Open an issue in mlr3fda if you are interested!

# Functional Analysis {#functional}

```{r 08-special-fda-001, include = F}
library(mlr3)
library(mlr3book)
```

Functional data is data containing an ordering on the dimensions.
This implies that functional data consists of curves varying over a continuum, such as time, frequency, or wavelength.

## How to model functional data?

There are two ways to model functional data:

* Modification of the learner, so that the learner is suitable for the functional data
* Modification of the task, so that the task matches the standard- or classification-learner

The development has not started yet, we are looking for contributors.
Open an issue in `r mlr3book::gh_pkg("mlr-org/mlr3fda")` if you are interested!