@article{10902/24538, year = {2021}, month = {7}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/24538}, abstract = {Numerous problems remain in the construction of statistical depth for functional data. Issues stem largely from the absence of a well-conceived notion of symmetry. The present paper proposes a topologically valid notion of symmetry for distributions on functional metric spaces and a corresponding notion of depth. The latter is shown to satisfy the axiomatic definition of functional depth introduced by Nieto-Reyes and Battey (2016).}, organization = {The work was supported by a UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council research fellowship (to HSB) and a Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades grant MTM2017-86061-C2-2-P (to AN-R).}, publisher = {Academic Press Inc.}, publisher = {Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Volume 184, July 2021}, title = {A topologically valid construction of depth for functional data}, author = {Nieto Reyes, Alicia and Battey, Heather}, }