For speed-flow data, which are intensively discussed in transportation science, common nonparametric regression models of the type "y"="m"("x")+noise turn out to be inadequate since simple functional models cannot capture the essential relationship between the predictor and response. Instead a...

On-line auctions pose many challenges for the empirical researcher, one of which is the effective and reliable modelling of price paths. We propose a novel way of modelling price paths in eBay's on-line auctions by using functional data analysis. One of the practical challenges is that the...