Partially linear models on Riemannian manifolds

Abstract

In partially linear models the dependence of the response y on (x^T,t) is modeled through the relationship y=\x^T \beta+g(t)+\epsilon where \epsilon is independent of (x^T,t). In this paper, estimators of \beta and g are constructed when the explanatory variables t take values on a Riemannian manifold. Our proposal combine the flexibility of these models with the complex structure of a set of explanatory variables. We prove that the resulting estimator of \beta is asymptotically normal under the suitable conditions. Through a simulation study, we explored the performance of the estimators. Finally, we applied the studied model to an example based on real dataset.