M. Lawrence Clevenson
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 212
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The thesis is concerned with the estimation of the parameters of a moving average time series, (x sub t, t= 0, plus or minus 1, plus or minus 2 ...), of order M. By definition, such a series has the representation x sub t = (eta sub t) + (b sub 1)(eta sub (t-1)) + (b sub 2)(eta sub (t-2)) + ... + (b sub M)(eta sub (+-M)) for some series of uncorrelated, identically distributed random variables eta sub t, t = 0, plus or minus 1, plus or minus 2 ...). It is assumed that the process has mean zero and is a Gaussian process; hence eta sub t has a normal distribution with mean and some unknown variance (sigma sub n) squared. The goal is to find asymptotically normal and efficient estimates of the parameters of the model. (Author).