时序模型Xn+1=TZn-1(Xn,εn+1(Zn+1))的极限行为

提出了一个随机环境下的时间序列模型,应用马氏链的随机稳定性理论,讨论了该模型确定的序列{Xn}的极限性质,给出了{Xn}依某种方式收敛以及以几何速率收敛的充分条件.     

螺旋桨的四象限推力系数和转矩系数的Matlab实现方法

针对船舶四象限螺旋桨推力系数和转矩系数的计算问题,提出一种基于Matlab的实现方法,将已有数据保存为Excel文档,建立Matlab与Excel的读取通道,然后在Matlab环境中制作操作界面,根据界面中输入的螺旋桨参数利用计算机在数据中进行检索、内插,从而达到直接计算上述系数的目的.通过计算实例和螺旋桨敞水试验结果的比较,可以看出程序设计思想和计算方法是合理的,所得计算结果的精度完全能够满足船舶动态仿真的需要.     

基于概率图的作战任务智能规划方法

针对人工调配作战资源及规划方案效率低下的问题,本文提出一种基于概率图的作战任务智能规划方法,通过统计分析判定任务间因果关系,采用GNN抽取任务中的关键事件构建概率图并计算任务规划方案成功的概率,进而基于时间序列方法预测战场态势变化,实现辅助指挥员智能决策。最后,本文在某联合登岛案例中开展了方法验证,结果表明,所提出的方法可成功实现任务规划并具有可解释性,可实现对战场态势变化的预测和快速响应,在战场上为军队提供强有力的支持。     

Short‐term salmon price forecasting

This study establishes a benchmark for short‐term salmon price forecasting. The weekly spot price of Norwegian farmed Atlantic salmon is predicted 1–5 weeks ahead using data from 2007 to 2014. Sixteen alternative forecasting methods are considered, ranging from classical time series models to customized machine learning techniques to salmon futures prices. The best predictions are delivered by k‐nearest neighbors method for 1 week ahead; vector error correction model estimated using elastic net regularization for 2 and 3 weeks ahead; and futures prices for 4 and 5 weeks ahead. While the nominal gains in forecast accuracy over a naïve benchmark are small, the economic value of the forecasts is considerable. Using a simple trading strategy for timing the sales based on price forecasts could increase the net profit of a salmon farmer by around 7%.     

Bias‐corrected bootstrap prediction intervals for autoregressive model: new alternatives with applications to tourism forecasting

This paper proposes the use of the bias‐corrected bootstrap for interval forecasting of an autoregressive time series with an arbitrary number of deterministic components. We use the bias‐corrected bootstrap based on two alternative bias‐correction methods: the bootstrap and an analytic formula based on asymptotic expansion. We also propose a new stationarity‐correction method, based on stable spectral factorization, as an alternative to Kilian's method exclusively used in past studies. A Monte Carlo experiment is conducted to compare small‐sample properties of prediction intervals. The results show that the bias‐corrected bootstrap prediction intervals proposed in this paper exhibit desirable small‐sample properties. It is also found that the bootstrap bias‐corrected prediction intervals based on stable spectral factorization are tighter and more stable than those based on Kilian's stationarity‐correction. The proposed methods are applied to interval forecasting for the number of tourist arrivals in Hong Kong. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A Neuro‐wavelet Model for the Short‐Term Forecasting of High‐Frequency Time Series of Stock Returns

We propose a wavelet neural network (neuro‐wavelet) model for the short‐term forecast of stock returns from high‐frequency financial data. The proposed hybrid model combines the capability of wavelets and neural networks to capture non‐stationary nonlinear attributes embedded in financial time series. A comparison study was performed on the predictive power of two econometric models and four recurrent neural network topologies. Several statistical measures were applied to the predictions and standard errors to evaluate the performance of all models. A Jordan net that used as input the coefficients resulting from a non‐decimated wavelet‐based multi‐resolution decomposition of an exogenous signal showed a consistent superior forecasting performance. Reasonable forecasting accuracy for the one‐, three‐ and five step‐ahead horizons was achieved by the proposed model. The procedure used to build the neuro‐wavelet model is reusable and can be applied to any high‐frequency financial series to specify the model characteristics associated with that particular series. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Exploring Survey‐Based Inflation Forecasts

This paper first shows that survey‐based expectations (SBE) outperform standard time series models in US quarterly inflation out‐of‐sample prediction and that the term structure of survey‐based inflation forecasts has predictive power over the path of future inflation changes. It then proposes some empirical explanations for the forecasting success of survey‐based inflation expectations. We show that SBE pool a large amount of heterogeneous information on inflation expectations and react more flexibly and accurately to macro conditions both contemporaneously and dynamically. We illustrate the flexibility of SBE forecasts in the context of the 2008 financial crisis. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

支持向量机在围岩变形监测中的应用

根据支特向量机优越的非线性拟合性能,建立变形量的时间序列预测模型,滚动预测围岩变形量,提高了预测模型的训练速度和预测推广能力。该方法用于西乡-固戍盾构段围岩变形预测,并与BP神经网络预测进行比较。结果表明这种模型可预测区间较长且具有较高的准确度,能够科学地指导现场施工和监测。     

Enhancing survey‐based investment forecasts

We investigate the accuracy of capital investment predictors from a national business survey of South African manufacturing. Based on data available to correspondents at the time of survey completion, we propose variables that might inform the confidence that can be attached to their predictions. Having calibrated the survey predictors' directional accuracy, we model the probability of a correct directional prediction using logistic regression with the proposed variables. For point forecasting, we compare the accuracy of rescaled survey forecasts with time series benchmarks and some survey/time series hybrid models. In addition, using the same set of variables, we model the magnitude of survey prediction errors. Directional forecast tests showed that three out of four survey predictors have value but are biased and inefficient. For shorter horizons we found that survey forecasts, enhanced by time series data, significantly improved point forecasting accuracy. For longer horizons the survey predictors were at least as accurate as alternatives. The usefulness of the more accurate of the predictors examined is enhanced by auxiliary information, namely the probability of directional accuracy and the estimated error magnitude.     

一种解决混联系统组合爆炸问题的贝叶斯网络

针对传统三层节点贝叶斯网络(Bayesian network,BN)在系统可靠性分析中的组合爆炸问题,提出了一种适用于复杂混联系统的级联BN建模方法.首先,在引入s类(f类)节点基础上建立了描述并联(串联)逻辑的信息通路模型,进而通过为通路模型各节点赋予同逻辑的条件概率参数,提出了构建并联(串联)系统等价级联BN的方法;其次,结合"超级方框"的概念分析了将典型串并联、并串联系统转化为等价级联BN的方法,并基于系统可靠性框图(RBD)相关矩阵,设计了将复杂混联系统转化为等价级联BN的算法-Generate-Chain-BN;最后,分别建立了某混联系统RBD的等价三层节点BN和级联BN模型,对两种BN进行了对比计算.理论和实例分析均表明,本文建立的级联BN可将原三层节点BN的空间和时间复杂性由指数级降到线性级,解决了三层节点BN固有的组合爆炸问题,可成为复杂混联系统可靠性分析的有效手段.