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| Introduction to Time Series and Forecasting
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Edition: 2nd
Author: Peter J. Brockwell, Richard A. Davis
Publisher: Springer
Release Date: 2003-03-12
ISBN-10: 0387953515
ISBN-13: 9780387953519
List Price: $109.00
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This book is aimed at the reader who wishes to gain a working knowledge of time series and forecasting methods as applied in economics, engineering, and the natural and social sciences. The book assumes knowledge only of basic calculus, matrix algebra and elementary statistics. This second edition contains detailed instructions on the use of the new totally windows-based computer package ITSM2000, the student version of which is included with the text. Expanded treatments are also given of several topics treated only briefly in the first edition. These include regression with time series errors, which plays an important role in forecasting and inference, and ARCH and GARCH models, which are widely used for the modeling of financial time series. These models can be fitted using the new version of ITSM. The core of the book covers stationary processes, ARMA and ARIMA processes, multivariate time series and state-space models, with an optional chapter on spectral analysis. Additional topics include the Burg and Hannan-Rissanen algorithms, unit roots, the EM algorithm, structural models, generalized state-space models with applications to time series of count data, exponential smoothing, the Holt-Winters and ARAR forecasting algorithms, transfer function models and intervention analysis. Brief introductions are also given to cointegration and to non-linear, continuous-time and long-memory models.
What is an introduction?
| Customer Rating: | The term 'introduction' is odd for a book bristling with mathematical symbols. Some academics don't always understand that people without mathematical training still need to use concepts taught in universities.
This book is excellent if you've had that training and want to expand your knowledge. It's really an introduction at the top floor of the learning edifice, not the front entrance!
More positively, the software that comes with it is excellent. The examples are clear enough and you can bypass a lot of the deeper mathematics by letting the program suggest the best models. But the only way to get the full benefit of it is to understand the accompanying discussion. This I tried to do by looking in other books (and the WWW) for a more straightforward approach directed at 'dummies'.
For an introduction to the complex area of time series analysis a lot less maths would have made this book much more readable. But I will keep at it. |
good modern cover of both time and frequency domains
| Customer Rating: | In contrast to their graduate text "Time Series: Theory and Methods" this book is more elementary and introductory and is pitched at the advanced undergraduate level requiring only calculus, elementary statistics and matrix algebra. It gives very good coverage to a wide variety of time series models and includes some nonstationary models. In this second edition the chapter on nonstationary models includes the latest coverage of ARCH and GARCH models presented in a way that I found very accessible.
Computations are done with ITSM and in this edition the ITSM 2000 version 7.0 edition is included on a CD so that students can reproduce the authors' calculations and run analyses of their own.
Another nice feature of the text that distinguishes it from other texts at this level is the introduction of multivariate time series, coverage of state space models, chaos and cointegration. Ideas are illustrated with examples. Important theory is discussed but is kept brief and theorems and proofs are not given to the extent of their other more theoretical text.
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good basic intro
| Customer Rating: | | A decent basic introduction covering a lot of topics. It's much more accessible for learning the subject for the first time then many other books which pile on the mathematical notation and obscure the actual meaning of things. The accompanying CD is very nice, although it gets annoying very fast that you're restricted to very small dataset sizes---but it does help in learning. The only two things that are somewhat of a problem with this book are 1) many times, rather than clearly stating "here's the algorithm you need to implement", you are referred to 3 or 4 other sections of the book for pieces of the algorithm, often without a clear explanation of exactly how that earlier section is supposed to be worked into the current desired algorithm and 2) there aren't a lot of practical insights as to how to actually initialize many of the algorithms (everything is great if you already know all the parameters in advance but starting from scratch with just raw data isn't dealt with I think as fully as would be useful). All in all, though, the book is helpful and, as I said, very good for learning the essential concepts for the first time. |
When is an Introduction not an Introduction?
| Customer Rating: | In the process of building a website targeted to those good folks that are striving valiantly to make a living through Internet marketing, you might think that an early objective would be to assemble a library of good reference material. After all, if you are planning on providing sensible information to your readers, then you should have a few good text books on hand to refer to when you need to be sure that some little tidbit of information might actually work. Well, at least I did. So, I have been scouring the Internet for textbook on the subject of Forecasting, which we share a common interest in. I have purchased a few and, for the most part, they are really quite informative and will be useful when the time comes. There is, however, an exception to this.
One book I purchased bears the title "Introduction to Time Series and Forecasting, Brockwell, Peter J and Richard A Davis". Being an intelligent sort of chap, I naturally took the word "Introduction" to mean just that. You know, you've been introduced to people before and becoming introduced usually means that 1. You look at the face. 2. You grasp their hand and shake firmly and 3. You exchange pleasantries, such as "Hello, it's nice to meet you".
Now, I never blame the person making the introduction if the relationship doesn't work out. After all, it's not their fault that two people hopefully sharing a common interest (after all, why bother making an introduction?) aren't all that compatible. There are likely to be many reasons for the incompatibility, the first of which could be that people travel in different circles and your circle isn't ever going to be part of their circle. Sort of an exclusionary relationship, you might say. And, not to be overly judgmental of others, of course, there may be plenty of good reasons for that. If everyone existed in one social circle, after all, the world would be beyond boring.
Anyways, the text book is a wonderful creation, that is, if you're a post-graduate or doctoral candidate. Upon opening the cover, expecting to be warmly introduced, I was rather amazed at the depth of equations and formulas gracing practically every page. I felt intimidated immediately. Remember the movie "The Ring"? This had to be rocket science, or more correctly, forecasting science at its most extreme! Wow! I should have really paid more attention during my statistics classes. So, I quickly closed the cover and tried to get a refund from the seller. Note the word Tried here. They didn't want it back either.
The good Post-Grand and PhD. candidates of the science of forecasting probably don't need an "Introduction" to Time Series and Forecasting. Next time I buy a book, I think I'll look for something with "Sandbox" in the title.
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Awesome
| Customer Rating: | | this book is excellent because it provides us with many examples and detailed explanations. |
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