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Introductory Time Series with R

Cowpertwait, Paul S. P.,

9780387886978 - Introductory Time Series with R
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Rhasacommandlineinterfacethato?ersconsiderableadvantagesovermenu systemsintermsofe?ciencyandspeedoncethecommandsareknownandthe languageunderstood. However,thecommandlinesystemcanbedauntingfor the?rst-timeuser,sothereisaneedforconcisetextstoenablethestudentor analysttomakeprogresswithRintheirareaofstudy. Thisbookaimstoful?l thatneedintheareaoftimeseries toenablethenon-specialisttoprogress, atafairlyquickpace,toalevelwheretheycancon?dentlyapplyarangeof timeseriesmethodstoavarietyofdatasets. Thebookassumesthereader hasaknowledgetypicalofa?rst-yearuniversitystatisticscourseandisbased aroundlecturenotesfromarangeoftimeseriescoursesthatwehavetaught overthelasttwentyyears. Someofthismaterialhasbeendeliveredtopo- graduate?nancestudentsduringaconcentratedsix-weekcourseandwaswell received,soaselectionofthematerialcouldbemasteredinaconcentrated course,althoughingeneralitwouldbemoresuitedtobeingspreadovera completesemester. Thebookisbasedaroundpracticalapplicationsandgenerallyfollowsa similar format for each time series model being studied. First, there is an introductory motivational section that describes practical reasons why the modelmaybeneeded. Second,themodelisdescribedandde?nedinma- ematicalnotation. Themodelisthenusedtosimulatesyntheticdatausing Rcodethatcloselyre?ectsthemodelde?nitionandthen?ttedtothes- theticdatatorecovertheunderlyingmodelparameters. Finally,themodel is?ttedtoanexamplehistoricaldatasetandappropriatediagnosticplots given. By using R, the whole procedure can be reproduced by the reader, 1 anditisrecommendedthatstudentsworkthroughmostoftheexamples. Mathematical derivations are provided in separate frames and starred sec- 1 WeusedtheRpackageSweavetoensurethat,ingeneral,yourcodewillproduce thesameoutputasours. However,forstylisticreasonswesometimeseditedour code;e. g. ,fortheplotstherewillsometimesbeminordi?erencesbetweenthose generatedbythecodeinthetextandthoseshownintheactual?gures. vii viii Preface tionsandcanbeomittedbythosewantingtoprogressquicklytop

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Auteur Cowpertwait, Paul S. P.,
ISBN/EAN 9780387886978
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Artikelomschrijving

Rhasacommandlineinterfacethato?ersconsiderableadvantagesovermenu systemsintermsofe?ciencyandspeedoncethecommandsareknownandthe languageunderstood. However,thecommandlinesystemcanbedauntingfor the?rst-timeuser,sothereisaneedforconcisetextstoenablethestudentor analysttomakeprogresswithRintheirareaofstudy. Thisbookaimstoful?l thatneedintheareaoftimeseries toenablethenon-specialisttoprogress, atafairlyquickpace,toalevelwheretheycancon?dentlyapplyarangeof timeseriesmethodstoavarietyofdatasets. Thebookassumesthereader hasaknowledgetypicalofa?rst-yearuniversitystatisticscourseandisbased aroundlecturenotesfromarangeoftimeseriescoursesthatwehavetaught overthelasttwentyyears. Someofthismaterialhasbeendeliveredtopo- graduate?nancestudentsduringaconcentratedsix-weekcourseandwaswell received,soaselectionofthematerialcouldbemasteredinaconcentrated course,althoughingeneralitwouldbemoresuitedtobeingspreadovera completesemester. Thebookisbasedaroundpracticalapplicationsandgenerallyfollowsa similar format for each time series model being studied. First, there is an introductory motivational section that describes practical reasons why the modelmaybeneeded. Second,themodelisdescribedandde?nedinma- ematicalnotation. Themodelisthenusedtosimulatesyntheticdatausing Rcodethatcloselyre?ectsthemodelde?nitionandthen?ttedtothes- theticdatatorecovertheunderlyingmodelparameters. Finally,themodel is?ttedtoanexamplehistoricaldatasetandappropriatediagnosticplots given. By using R, the whole procedure can be reproduced by the reader, 1 anditisrecommendedthatstudentsworkthroughmostoftheexamples. Mathematical derivations are provided in separate frames and starred sec- 1 WeusedtheRpackageSweavetoensurethat,ingeneral,yourcodewillproduce thesameoutputasours. However,forstylisticreasonswesometimeseditedour code;e. g. ,fortheplotstherewillsometimesbeminordi?erencesbetweenthose generatedbythecodeinthetextandthoseshownintheactual?gures. vii viii Preface tionsandcanbeomittedbythosewantingtoprogressquicklytop

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Auteur Cowpertwait, Paul S. P.,
ISBN/EAN 9780387886978