Applied Time Series Analysis with R

Virtually any random process that develops chronologically can be viewed as a time series. This textbook presents real-world examples from the fields of engineering, economics, medicine, biology, and chemistry to promote a solid understanding of the data and associated methods. The text explores many important new methodologies that have developed in time series, such as time series with long memory, time varying frequencies (TVF), ARCH and GARCH models, multivariate time series models, wavelets, and more. The authors also provide an R-based software package available on CRAN.

Virtually any random process developing chronologically can be viewed as a time series. In economics closing prices of stocks, the cost of money, the jobless rate, and retail sales are just a few examples of many. Developed from course notes and extensively classroom-tested, Applied Time Series Analysis with R, Second Edition includes examples across a variety of fields, develops theory, and provides an R-based software package to aid in addressing time series problems in a broad spectrum of fields. The material is organized in an optimal format for graduate students in statistics as well as in the natural and social sciences to learn to use and understand the tools of applied time series analysis.

• Gives readers the ability to actually solve significant real-world problems
• Addresses many types of nonstationary time series and cutting-edge methodologies
• Promotes understanding of the data and associated models rather than viewing it as the output of a "black box"
• Provides the R package tswge available on CRAN which contains functions and over 100 real and simulated data sets to accompany the book. Extensive help regarding the use of tswge functions is provided in appendices and on an associated website.
• Over 150 exercises and extensive support for instructors

The second edition includes additional real-data examples, uses R-based code that helps students easily analyze data, generate realizations from models, and explore the associated characteristics. It also adds discussion of new advances in the analysis of long memory data and data with time-varying frequencies (TVF).