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FILOMAT
Volume 35, Issue 13, Pages 4545-4576Publisher
UNIV NIS, FAC SCI MATH
DOI: 10.2298/FIL2113545P
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Random environment; geometric marginals; K-means; INAR; estimation
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The paper investigates the behavior of a generalized random environment integer-valued autoregressive model with geometric marginal distribution and negative binomial thinning operator. It proposes a new estimation method that includes data transformation to reduce information loss, and compares this new approach with the traditional method on simulated and real-life data, highlighting the benefits of the new method.
The behavior of a generalized random environment integer-valued autoregressive model of higher order with geometric marginal distribution and negative binomial thinning operator is dictated by a realization {zn}infinity n=1 of an auxiliary Markov chain called random environment process. Element zn represents a state of the environment in moment n is an element of N and determines all parameters of the model in that moment. In order to apply the model, one first needs to estimate {zn}infinity n=1, which was so far done by K-means data clustering. We argue that this approach ignores some information and performs poorly in certain situations. We propose a new method for estimating {zn}infinity n=1, which includes the data transformation preceding the clustering, in order to reduce the information loss. To confirm its efficiency, we compare this new approach with the usual one when applied on the simulated and the real-life data, and notice all the benefits obtained from our method.
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