Intrinsic spherical smoothing method based on generalized Bezier curves and sparsity inducing penalization

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This study examines an intrinsic penalized smoothing method on the 2-sphere. We propose a method based on the spherical Bezier curves obtained using a generalized de Casteljau algorithm to provide a degree-based regularity constraint to the spherical smoothing problem. A smooth Bezier curve is found by minimizing the least squares criterion under the regularization constraint. The de Casteljau algorithm constructs higher-order Bezier curves in a recursive manner using linear Bezier curves. We introduce a local penalization scheme based on a penalty function that regularizes the velocity differences in consecutive linear Bezier curves. The imposed penalty induces sparsity on the control points so that the proposed method determines the number of control points, or equivalently the order of the Bezier curve, in a data-adaptive way. An efficient Riemannian block coordinate descent algorithm is devised to implement the proposed method. Numerical studies based on real and simulated data are provided to illustrate the performance and properties of the proposed method. The results show that the penalized Bezier curve adapts well to local data trends without compromising overall smoothness.

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