STAT 520
                 Forecasting and Time Series
 
 








   

   Lecture Notes


Class
Day
Date BD*
Topic
Slides**   
Suggested Readings   

Homework

1
Tu
1/15
 
Introduction



2
Th
1/17
Ch.1
Introduction to TS



3 Tu
1/22
Ch.1 Stationary models, trend and seasonal component


4
Th
1/24
Ch.1
Stationarity, ACF


5
Tu
1/29
Ch.1
Trend, smoothing


6
Th
1/31
Ch 1, Notes Testing for randomness.
Volume indexes. Rate of growth.



7
Tu
2/5
Ch. 2
Stationary processes: Forecasting.


8
Th
2/7
Ch. 2
Stationary processes. Cont'd.


9
Tu
2/12
Ch. 3 ARMA Models


10
Th
2/14
Ch. 3 ARMA Models: ACF, PACF


11
Tu
2/19
Ch. 4
Spectral Analysis.



12
Th
2/21

HW# 1, HW# 2 Solutions
Review Ch. 1, 2, 3.



13
Tu
2/26

Exam 1 (in class open book)



14
Th
2/28
Ch. 4 Spectral Analysis. Periodogram.


15
Tu
3/4
Bulgarian Marteniza
Return Exam #1 and HW #2.



16 Th
3/6
Ch. 5 Modeling and Forecasting with ARMA






Spring Break - Enjoy!



17
Tu
3/18
Ch. 5
Modeling and Forecasting with ARMA.  Project directions.


18
Th
3/20
Ch.6
ARIMA & SARIMA.


19
Tu
3/25
Ch.6
Unit roots.


20
Th
3/27
Ch. 7
Multivariate TS. VAR and VEC models. Cointegration. Granger causality.


21 Tu
4/1
Ch.9 Forecasting techniques, ARAR, Holt-Winters.
M3 Competition.



22
Th
4/3
Ch. 10
ARCH and GARCH models.


23
Tu
4/8
Ch. 4,5,6,7 Review.


24
Th
4/10

Exam 2 (in class open book)


25
Tu
4/15
Ch. 8 & 10
Transfer function models.
Intervention analysis.
State-Space models.
Markov regime-switching model.



26
Th
4/17
Guest lecture:   Dr. Paulo Guimaraes


27
Tu
4/22
Guest lecture:
  Dr. John Grego



28
Th
4/24
Review Project due by 4:00pm EST
Final Exam posted.




M
5/5
Final
Final exam due back via e-mail by 11:00am EST.




* BD: Brockwell and Davis, Introduction to Time Series and Forecasting, 2nd edition, 2002.
** Warning: The slides may contain errors and typos. They are supplement to the textbook not a replacement.



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