Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average - Forecasts Using ARIMA Models

Forecasts Using ARIMA Models

ARIMA models are used for observable non-stationary processes that have some clearly identifiable trends:

a constant trend (i.e. zero average) is modeled by
a linear trend (i.e. linear growth behavior) is modeled by
a quadratic trend (i.e. quadratic growth behavior) is modeled by

In these cases the ARIMA model can be viewed as a "cascade" of two models. The first is non-stationary:

$Y_t = \left( 1-L \right)^d X_t$

while the second is wide-sense stationary:

$\left( 1 - \sum_{i=1}^p \phi_i L^i \right) Y_t = \left( 1 + \sum_{i=1}^q \theta_i L^i \right) \varepsilon_t \, .$

Now standard forecasts techniques can be formulated for the process, and then (having the sufficient number of initial conditions) can be forecast via opportune integration steps.

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