MTH3230 - Time series and random processes in linear systems - 2017

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Science

Organisational Unit

School of Mathematical Sciences

Coordinator(s)

Dr Greg Markowsky

Unit guides

Offered

Clayton

  • Second semester 2017 (Day)

Synopsis

Multivariate distributions. Estimation: maximum of likelihood and method of moments. Confidence intervals. Analysis in the time domain: stationary models, autocorrelation, partial autocorrelation. ARMA and ARIMA models. Analysis in the frequency domain (Spectral analysis): spectrum, periodigram, linear and digital filters, cross-correlations and cross-spectrum, spectral estimators, confidence interval for the spectral density. State-space models. Kalman filter. Empirical Orthogonal Functions and other Eigen Methods. Use of ITSM.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be able to:

  1. Articulate the concept of stationary time series;
  2. Manipulate the concept of projection and its use in forecasting;
  3. Understand the models of autoregression and moving averages and their combinations;
  4. Analyse time series in time domain as well as frequency domain;
  5. Apply the Kalman filter to random systems;
  6. Analyse time series data using the ITSM package.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 60% (Hurdle)

Continuous assessment: 40%

Hurdle requirement: To pass this unit a student must achieve at least 50% overall and at least 40% for the end-of-semester exam.

Workload requirements

Three 1-hour lectures and one 2-hour support class per week

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Chief examiner(s)

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Prerequisites

Students must be enrolled in the Master of Financial Mathematics or have passed one of the following units: MTH2010, MTH2015, MTH2032, MTH2040, MTH2222 OR ENG2005. MTH2222 is highly recommended.