Factor-guided estimation of large covariance matrix function with conditional functional sparsity
条件函数稀疏性下大型协方差矩阵函数的因子引导估计
This paper addresses the fundamental task of estimating covariance matrix functions for high-dimensional functional data/functional time series. We consider two functional factor structures encompassing either functional factors with scalar loadings or scalar factors with functional loadings, and postulate functional sparsity on the covariance of idiosyncratic errors after taking out the common unobserved factors. To facilitate estimation, we rely on the spiked matrix model…