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Bayesian Model Search for Nonstationary Periodic Time Series
We propose a novel Bayesian methodology for analyzing nonstationary time
series that exhibit oscillatory behaviour. We approximate the time series using
a piecewise oscillatory model with unknown periodicities, where our goal is to
estimate the change-points while simultaneously identifying the potentially
changing periodicities in the data. Our proposed methodology is based on a
trans-dimensional Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm that simultaneously
updates the change-points and the periodicities relevant to any segment between
them. We show that the proposed methodology successfully identifies time
changing oscillatory behaviour in two applications which are relevant to
e-Health and sleep research, namely the occurrence of ultradian oscillations in
human skin temperature during the time of night rest, and the detection of
instances of sleep apnea in plethysmographic respiratory traces.Comment: Received 23 Oct 2018, Accepted 12 May 201
Financial time series representation using multiresolution important point retrieval method
Financial time series analysis usually conducts by determining the series important points. These important points which are the peaks and the dips indicate the affecting of some important factors or events which are available both internal factors and external factors. The peak and the dip points of the series may appear frequently in multiresolution over time. However, to manipulate financial time series, researchers usually decrease this complexity of time series in their techniques. Consequently, transfonning the time series into another easily understanding representation is usually considered as an appropriate approach. In this paper, we propose a multiresolution important point retrieval method for financial time series representation. The idea of the method is based on finding the most important points in multiresolution. These retrieved important points are recorded in each resolution. The collected important points are used to construct the TS-binary search tree. From the TS-binary search tree, the application of time series segmentation is conducted. The experimental results show that the TS-binary search tree representation for financial time series exhibits different performance in different number of cutting points, however, in the empirical results, the number of cutting points which are larger than 12 points show the better results
Optimizing the search for transiting planets in long time series
Context: Transit surveys, both ground- and space- based, have already
accumulated a large number of light curves that span several years. Aims: The
search for transiting planets in these long time series is computationally
intensive. We wish to optimize the search for both detection and computational
efficiencies. Methods: We assume that the searched systems can be well
described by Keplerian orbits. We then propagate the effects of different
system parameters to the detection parameters. Results: We show that the
frequency information content of the light curve is primarily determined by the
duty cycle of the transit signal, and thus the optimal frequency sampling is
found to be cubic and not linear. Further optimization is achieved by
considering duty-cycle dependent binning of the phased light curve. By using
the (standard) BLS one is either rather insensitive to long-period planets, or
less sensitive to short-period planets and computationally slower by a
significant factor of ~330 (for a 3yr long dataset). We also show how the
physical system parameters, such as the host star's size and mass, directly
affect transit detection. This understanding can then be used to optimize the
search for every star individually. Conclusions: By considering Keplerian
dynamics explicitly rather than implicitly one can optimally search the BLS
parameter space. The presented Optimal BLS enhances the detectability of both
very short and very long period planets while allowing such searches to be done
with much reduced resources and time. The Matlab/Octave source code for Optimal
BLS is made available.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, 1 table. A&A accepted. Source code is available
at: http://www.astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~avivofir
Predicting unemployment in short samples with internet job search query data
This article tests the power of a novel indicator based on job search related web queries in predicting quarterly unemployment rates in short samples. Augmenting standard time series specifications with this indicator definitely improves out-of-sample forecasting performance at nearly all in-sample interval lengths and forecast horizons, both when compared with models estimated on the same or on a much longer time series interval.Google econometrics, Forecast comparison, Keyword search, Unemployment, Time series models.
MEPSA: a flexible peak search algorithm designed for uniformly spaced time series
We present a novel algorithm aimed at identifying peaks within a uniformly
sampled time series affected by uncorrelated Gaussian noise. The algorithm,
called "MEPSA" (multiple excess peak search algorithm), essentially scans the
time series at different timescales by comparing a given peak candidate with a
variable number of adjacent bins. While this has originally been conceived for
the analysis of gamma-ray burst light (GRB) curves, its usage can be readily
extended to other astrophysical transient phenomena, whose activity is recorded
through different surveys. We tested and validated it through simulated
featureless profiles as well as simulated GRB time profiles. We showcase the
algorithm's potential by comparing with the popular algorithm by Li and
Fenimore, that is frequently adopted in the literature. Thanks to its high
flexibility, the mask of excess patterns used by MEPSA can be tailored and
optimised to the kind of data to be analysed without modifying the code. The C
code is made publicly available.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures, accepted by Astronomy and Computin
Prospects of long-time-series observations from Dome C for transit search
The detection of transiting extrasolar planets requires high-photometric
quality and long-duration photometric stellar time-series. In this paper, we
investigate the advantages provided by the Antarctic observing platform Dome C
for planet transit detections during its long winter period, which allows for
relatively long, uninterrupted time-series. Our calculations include limiting
effects due to the Sun and Moon, cloud coverage and the effect of reduced
photometric quality for high extinction of target fields. We compare the
potential for long time-series from Dome C with a single site in Chile, a
three-site low-latitude network as well as combinations of Dome C with Chile
and the network, respectively. Dome C is one of the prime astronomical sites on
Earth for obtaining uninterrupted long-duration observations in terms of
prospects for a high observational duty cycle. The duty cycle of a project can,
however, be significantly improved by integrating Dome C into a network of
sites.Comment: 10 pages, 9 figures, accepted by PAS
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