KTH Mathematics  


Mathematical Statistics

The aim of the course is to introduce basic theory and methods in time series analysis and to apply them to real-life time series to detect trends, remove seasonal components and estimate statistical characteristics. Methods from time series analysis have applications in a wide range of fields, including signal processing, automatic control, econometrics, environmetrics and climatology, financial mathematics and more.

Prerequisities:

  • SF1901 or equivalent course
  • SF2940 Probability Theory or equivalent course recommended
Examination:
Registration for the exam via "Mina Sidor"/"My Pages" is required.

There will be a written exam on Wednesday May 22, 2013, 14.00-19.00 hrs. Registration for this exam via "Mina Sidor"/"My Pages" is required. The system will be open for registration xx to xxx (to be announced).

Allowed means of assistance for the exam are a calculator (but not the manual for it!) and the "Formulas and survey" from Course litterature below. Each student must bring her/his own calculator and copy of "Formulas and survey" (without extra notes) to the examination.

Grades are set according to the quality of the written examination. Grades are given in the range A-F, where A is the best and F means failed. Fx means that you have the right to a complementary examination (to reach the grade E). The criteria for Fx is a grade F on the exam, and that an isolated part of the course can be identified where you have shown a particular lack of knowledge and that the examination after a complementary examination on this part can be given the grade E.

Hand-in assignments:
There will be mandatory set of hand-in assignments. These are applications to real data of the methods treated during the course and some simulations. The assignments will be handed out during one of the lectures at the beginning of the course and will also be available through the course web pages.

There will be a deadline (TBA) for each of the assignments. Students who do not hand in an assignment on time are obliged to solve additional problems. All home assignments including the additional problems if any, must be handed in no later than Monday 10th of June 2013; otherwise the whole set of assignments must be redone during the next instance of the course.

Course literature.:
(1) P.J. Brockwell and R.A. Davis, Introduction to Time Series and Forecasting. Springer. This book can be bought at the Kårbokhandeln (Osquars Backe 21, on campus). The following sections in the book are planned to be covered: 1.2-1.4, 1.5.1-1.5.2, 2.1-2.6, 3.1-3.3, 4.1-4.4, 5.1.1, 5.1.4, 5.2-5.5, 6.1, 6.3, 7.1-7.2, 7.4-7.5, 7.7, 8.1-8.5, 10.3.5.

(2) Jan Grandell: Lecture notes, Time series analysis. Contains theory that complements the textbook. Not mandatory reading. Can be purchased at "Studentexpeditionen" at the Department of Mathematics, Lindstedtsvägen 25.

(3) Jan Grandell: Formulas and survey, Time series analysis.

Preliminary plan

Sections refer to textbook. (TK = Timo Koski; TG = Thorbjörn Gudmundsson) 

Day Date Time Hall Topic Lecturer
Tue 19/3 13-15 Q34
Stationary models, autocovariance function (ACVF), weak stationarity, AR(1), MA(1) (Sections 1.2-1.4) TK
Wed 20/3
10-12 V32 Time series decomposition, trend, seasonal component, shift operator, difference operator, non-negative definiteness of ACVF, strictly stationary models, Gaussian time series (Sections 1.5.1-1.5.2, 2.1) TK
Thu
21/3
10-12 L52 Linear process, conditions for convergence in mean square. causal linear processes, AR(1), MA(1), ARMA(1,1) processes, autocovariance function and invertibility, system polynomials (Sections 2.2-2.3) TK
Tue
26/3 13-15 Q34 Exercises 1.1, 1.4ac, 1.8, 1.15, 2.4a
Do yourself: 1.5, 1.7, 2.1, 2.3, 3.8
TG
Wed
27/3 15-17 V32 Estimation of the mean of a stationary process, introduction to prediction and projections (Section 2.4). TK
Thu
28/3 10-12 V34 Prediction and projections, the Durbin-Levinson algorithm (Section 2.5). TK
Tue
09/4 13-15 V34 The innovations algorithm for prediction, examples (Section 2.5). TK
Wed
10/4 10-12 V32 ARMA(p,q) processes, computing their ACVF (Sections 3.1-3.2) TK
Thu
11/4 10-12 V34 Exercises 2.8, 3.1abc, 3.6, 3.7
Do yourself: 2.11, 2.15, 2.21, 2.22
TG
Tue
16/4 13-15 Q34 The PACF for ARMA(p,q) processes, forecasting ARMA processes (Section 3.2-3.3). TK
Wed
17/4 10-12 Q36 h-step prediction for ARMA processes, Spectral density, spectral distribution and spectral representation (Sections 3.3, 4.1) TK
Thu
18/4 10-12 V34 The periodogram, spectral estimation (Section 4.2) TK
Tue
23/4 13-15 V34
Time-invariant linear filters, transfer functions, spectral density of ARMA processes (Sections 4.3-4.4); TK
Wed 24/4 10-12 V32
Yule-Walker estimation of AR(p) processes (Section 5.1.1) The Hannan-Rissanen algorithm for ARMA(p,q) processes (Section 5.1.4), ML estimation of ARMA(p,q) processes (Section 5.2) TK
Thu
25/4 10-12 V32 Exercises 4.4, 4.6, 4.9, 4.10
Do yourself: 4.5
TG
Tue
30/4 13-15 Q34
Model diagnostics, forecasting, order selection (Sections 5.3-5.5) TK
Thu 2/5 10-12 Q34
ARIMA and unit root models (Sections 6.1, 6.3) TK
Fri
3/5 08-10 Q34
Multivariate time series: second order and spectral properties, multivariate ARMA processes, cointegration (Sections 7.1-7.2, 7.4-7.5, 7.7) TK
Mon 6/5 08-10 Q34
Exercises 5.1, 5.2, 5.4
Do yourself: 5.3
TG
Tue
7/5 13-15 Q34 Stochastic volatility and GARCH processes (Section 10.3.5) TK
Wed
8/5 08-10 V34 State-space models, state-space representations of ARIMA models (Sections 8.1-8.3) TK
Tue
14/5 13-15 Q34 Exercises 6.2, 6.6, 7.3, 7.5
Do yourself: 7.2
TG
Wed
15/5 10-12 V32 Kalman filtering (Section 8.4), estimation of state-space models (Section 8.5) TK
Thu
16/5 10-12 V32 Exercises: 8.7, 8.9, 8.14, 8.15, 10.5
Do yourself: 8.8, 8.13
TG

Welcome, and hope you will enjoy the course!

Timo Koski


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Published by: Timo Koski
Updated: 13/03-2013