Nonparametric Inference for Periodic Sequences Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • This article proposes a nonparametric method for estimating the period and values of a periodic sequence when the data are evenly spaced in time. The period is estimated by a "leave-out-one-cycle" version of cross-validation (CV) and complements the periodogram, a widely used tool for period estimation. The CV method is computationally simple and implicitly penalizes multiples of the smallest period, leading to a "virtually" consistent estimator of integer periods. This estimator is investigated both theoretically and by simulation.We also propose a nonparametric test of the null hypothesis that the data have constantmean against the alternative that the sequence of means is periodic. Finally, our methodology is demonstrated on three well-known time series: the sunspots and lynx trapping data, and the El Nio series of sea surface temperatures. 2012 American Statistical Association and the American Society for Quality.

published proceedings

  • TECHNOMETRICS

author list (cited authors)

  • Sun, Y., Hart, J. D., & Genton, M. G.

citation count

  • 10

complete list of authors

  • Sun, Ying||Hart, Jeffrey D||Genton, Marc G

publication date

  • January 2012