This document defines key concepts related to time series and stochastic processes. It discusses the mean and autocovariance functions used to characterize stochastic processes, and how these can be used to investigate covariance properties of different time series models. As an example, it also describes the random walk process and shows that it has a mean of 0 and autocovariance that depends only on the time difference.
This document defines key concepts related to time series and stochastic processes. It discusses the mean and autocovariance functions used to characterize stochastic processes, and how these can be used to investigate covariance properties of different time series models. As an example, it also describes the random walk process and shows that it has a mean of 0 and autocovariance that depends only on the time difference.
This document defines key concepts related to time series and stochastic processes. It discusses the mean and autocovariance functions used to characterize stochastic processes, and how these can be used to investigate covariance properties of different time series models. As an example, it also describes the random walk process and shows that it has a mean of 0 and autocovariance that depends only on the time difference.
This document defines key concepts related to time series and stochastic processes. It discusses the mean and autocovariance functions used to characterize stochastic processes, and how these can be used to investigate covariance properties of different time series models. As an example, it also describes the random walk process and shows that it has a mean of 0 and autocovariance that depends only on the time difference.
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FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
ENI SUMARMININGSIH, SSI, MM
Time Series and Stochastic Processes
The sequence of random variables {Yt : t = 0, ±1, ±2,
±3,…} is called a stochastic process Means, Variances, and Covariances
For a stochastic process {Yt : t = 0, ±1, ±2, ±3,…}, the
mean function is defined by μt = E(Yt) for t = 0, ±1, ±2, ... (2.2.1) μt is just the expected value of the process at time t. In general, μt can be different at each time point t The autocovariance function, γt,s, is defined as γt, s = Cov (Yt ,Ys) for t, s = 0, ±1, ±2, ... (2.2.2) where Cov(Yt, Ys) = E[(Yt − μt)(Ys − μs)] = E(YtYs) − μt μs The autocorrelation function, ρt,s, is given by ρt, s =Corr (Yt ,Ys) for t, s = 0, ±1, ±2, ... Where The following important properties follow from known results and our definitions To investigate the covariance properties of various time series models, the following result will be used repeatedly : If c1, c2,…, cm and d1, d2,…, dn are constants and t1, t2,…, tm and s1, s2,…, sn are time points, then EXAMPLES
The Random Walk
Let e1, e2,… be a sequence of independent, identically distributed random variables each with zero mean and variance . . The observed time series, {Yt : t = 1, 2,…}, is constructed as follows: Alternatively, we can write
with “initial condition” Y1 = e1.
From Equation (2.2.8), we obtain the mean function so that Stationarity A stochastic process {Yt} is said to be weakly (or second-order) stationary if