Recursive Prediction and Likelihood Evaluation for Periodic ARMA Models

Abstract

This paper explores recursive prediction and likelihood evaluation techniques for periodic autoregressive moving‐average (PARMA) time series models. The innovations algorithm is used to develop a simple recursive scheme for computing one‐step‐ahead predictors and their mean squared errors. The asymptotic form of this recursion is explored. The prediction results are then used to develop an efficient (and exact) PARMA likelihood evaluation algorithm for Gaussian series. We then show how a multivariate autoregressive moving average (ARMA) likelihood can be evaluated by writing the multivariate ARMA model in PARMA form. Explicit calculations for PARMA(1, 1) models and periodic autoregressions are included.