X-SOM and L-SOM: A double classification approach for missing value imputation
Paul Merlin, Antti Sorjamaa, Bertrand Maillet and Amaury Lendasse
Neurocomputing 2010.

Abstract

In this paper, a new method for the determination of missing values in temporal databases is presented. It is based on a robust version of a nonlinear classification algorithm called self-organizing maps and it consists of a combination of two classifications in order to take advantage of spatial as well as temporal dependencies of the dataset. This double classification leads to a significant improvement of the estimation of the missing values. An application of the missing value imputation for hedge fund returns is presented.

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