Nonparametric autocovariance function estimation

 

Nonparametric estimators of autocovariance functions for non-stationary time series are developed. The estimators are based on straightforward nonparametric mean function estimation ideas and allow use of any linear smoother (e.g. smoothing spline, local polynomial). We study the properties of the estimators and illustrate their usefulness through application to some meteorological and seismic time series.

Keywords: bandwidth; correlated errors; kernel smoothing; local polynomial; nonparametric regression; non-stationary model; time series.

Data: Melbourne maximum temperatures, Kobe earthquake seismograph

Cite

@article{HW97,
  author  = {Rob J Hyndman and Matthew P Wand},
  doi     = {10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb00694.x},
  journal = {The Australian J Statistics},
  number  = {3},
  pages   = {313--324},
  title   = {Nonparametric autocovariance function estimation},
  volume  = {39},
  year    = {1997}
}