general_T: General function to generate a prediction expression for a...
In okayaa/MT: Methods in Mahalanobis-Taguchi (MT) System

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general_T is a (higher-order) general function that generates a prediction expression for a family of Taguchi (T) methods. Each T method can be implemented by setting the parameters of this function appropriately.

1 2	general_T(unit_space_data, signal_space_data, generates_transform_functions, subtracts_V_e = TRUE, includes_transformed_data = FALSE)

`unit_space_data`	Matrix with n rows (samples) and (p + 1) columns (variables). The 1 ~ p th columns are independent variables and the (p + 1) th column is a dependent variable. Underlying data to obtain a representative point for the normalization of the `signal_space_data`. All data should be continuous values and should not have missing values.
`signal_space_data`	Matrix with m rows (samples) and (p + 1) columns (variables). The 1 ~ p th columns are independent variables and the (p + 1) th column is a dependent variable. Underlying data to generate a prediction expression. All data should be continuous values and should not have missing values.
`generates_transform_functions`	A function that takes the `unit_space_data` as an (only) argument and returns a list containing three functions. A data transformation function for independent variables is the first component, a data transformation function for a dependent variable is the second component, and an inverse function of the data transformation function for a dependent variable is the third component. The data transformation function for independent variables takes independent variable data (a matrix of p columns) as an (only) argument and returns the transformed independent variable data. The data transformation function for a dependent variable takes dependent variable data (a vector) as an (only) argument and returns the transformed dependent variable data. The inverse function of the data transformation for a dependent variable takes the transformed dependent variable data (a vector) as an (only) argument and returns the untransformed dependent variable data.
`subtracts_V_e`	If `TRUE`, then the error variance is subtracted in the numerator when calculating `eta_hat`.
`includes_transformed_data`	If `TRUE`, then the transformed data are included in a return object.

A list containing the following components is returned.

`beta_hat`	Vector with length q. Estimated proportionality constants between each independent variable and the dependent variable.
`subtracts_V_e`	Logical. If `TRUE`, then `eta_hat` was calculated without subtracting the error variance in the numerator.
`eta_hat`	Vector with length q. Estimated squared signal-to-noise ratios (S/N) coresponding to `beta_hat`.
`M_hat`	Vector with length n. The estimated values of the dependent variable after the data transformation for `signal_space_data`.
`overall_prediction_eta`	Numeric. The overall squared signal-to-noise ratio (S/N).
`transforms_independent_data`	Data transformation function generated from `generates_transform_functions` based on `unit_space_data`. The function for independent variables takes independent variable data (a matrix of p columns) as an (only) argument and returns the transformed independent variable data.
`transforms_dependent_data`	Data transformation function generated in `generates_transform_functions` based on the `unit_space_data`. The function for a dependent variable takes dependent variable data (a vector) as an (only) argument and returns the transformed dependent variable data.
`inverses_transformed_dependent_data`	Inverse function generated in the `generates_transform_functions` based on `unit_space_data`. The function of the takes the transformed dependent variable data (a vector) as an (only) argument and returns the dependent variable data inversed from the transformed dependent variable data.
`m`	The number of samples for `signal_space_data`.
`q`	The number of independent variables after the data transformation. According to the data transoformation function, q may be equal to p.
`X`	If `includes_transformed_data` is `TRUE`, then the independent variable data after the data transformation for the `signal_space_data` are included.
`M`	If `includes_transformed_data` is `TRUE`, then the (true) value of the dependent variable after the data transformation for the `signal_space_data` are included.

T1, Ta, and Tb

# The value of the dependent variable of the following samples mediates
# in the stackloss dataset.
stackloss_center <- stackloss[c(9, 10, 11, 20, 21), ]

# The following samples are data other than the unit space data and the test
# data.
stackloss_signal <- stackloss[-c(2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21), ]

# The following settings are same as the T1 method.
model <- general_T(unit_space_data = stackloss_center,
                   signal_space_data = stackloss_signal,
                   generates_transform_functions =
                                       generates_transformation_functions_T1,
                   subtracts_V_e = TRUE,
                   includes_transformed_data = TRUE)

(model$M_hat)