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Feature Matching in Time Series

Howell Tong (LSE)
25/02/11

Using a time series model to mimic an observed time series has a long history. Because all models are wrong, (George Box's famous dictum), conventional estimation methods based on 1-step-ahead prediction errors are, like foot-binding, often too constrictive in at least two respects: 

(i) assuming that there is a true model; 

(ii) evaluating  the efficiency of the  estimation as if the postulated model is true.

In this talk, we propose a new approach to empirical time series modeling, based on some foot-unbinding ideas. By liberating ourselves
from the dictatorship of one-step-ahead prediction errors, I shall illustrate, with simulations and real data, the many benefits of the liberation


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