Student Seminar Series - November 28, 2006
University of Minnesota
School of Statistics
College of Liberal Arts



Segmentation of Multivariate Ambulatory Monitoring Data


Xiaoyuan Wang


Tuesday, November 28, 2006
3:30 PM, 115 Ford Hall
Minneapolis, East Bank Campus

Refreshments at 3:00 PM
300 Ford Hall


Abstract


In the application of statistical process control, it is necessary to first segment data strings into homogeneous units. We will describe the 
multivariate method for determining homogeneous segments in the “ambulatory monitoring” data in which the wearer’s blood pressure
and heart rate were measured and recorded into 4 MESOR measurements and 4 amplitude measurements. MANOVA canonical
variables were calculated to establish whether more than one segment was present. The dynamic program algorithm was applied by
fitting the data into the change-point model to estimate the number of segments and their boundaries. The optimal segmentation was
provided. The conclusions of clinical issues and instrumental issues were therefore derived. The same analysis procedure was repeated
on the subset of MESOR measurements and the subset of amplitude measurements as well.