On some aspects of approximation of ridge functions

Abstract

We present effective algorithms for uniform approximation of multivariate functions satisfying some prescribed inner structure. We extend in several directions the analysis of recovery of ridge functions $f(x)=g(\langle a,x\rangle)$ as performed earlier by one of the authors and his coauthors. We consider ridge functions defined on the unit cube $[-1,1]^d$ as well as recovery of ridge functions defined on the unit ball from noisy measurements. We conclude with the study of functions of the type $f(x)=g(\|a-x\|_{l_2^d}^2)$.