Author: T. Aittokallio
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789521204203
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 27

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Author: Olivier Cappé
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387289828
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 656

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This book is a comprehensive treatment of inference for hidden Markov models, including both algorithms and statistical theory. Topics range from filtering and smoothing of the hidden Markov chain to parameter estimation, Bayesian methods and estimation of the number of states. In a unified way the book covers both models with finite state spaces and models with continuous state spaces (also called state-space models) requiring approximate simulation-based algorithms that are also described in detail. Many examples illustrate the algorithms and theory. This book builds on recent developments to present a self-contained view.

Author: Ingmar Visser
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031014405
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 277

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This book discusses mixture and hidden Markov models for modeling behavioral data. Mixture and hidden Markov models are statistical models which are useful when an observed system occupies a number of distinct “regimes” or unobserved (hidden) states. These models are widely used in a variety of fields, including artificial intelligence, biology, finance, and psychology. Hidden Markov models can be viewed as an extension of mixture models, to model transitions between states over time. Covering both mixture and hidden Markov models in a single book allows main concepts and issues to be introduced in the relatively simpler context of mixture models. After a thorough treatment of the theory and practice of mixture modeling, the conceptual leap towards hidden Markov models is relatively straightforward. This book provides many practical examples illustrating the wide variety of uses of the models. These examples are drawn from our own work in psychology, as well as other areas such as financial time series and climate data. Most examples illustrate the use of the authors’ depmixS4 package, which provides a flexible framework to construct and estimate mixture and hidden Markov models. All examples are fully reproducible and the accompanying hmmR package provides all the datasets used, as well as additional functionality. This book is suitable for advanced students and researchers with an applied background.

Author: Florian Schwaiger
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 222

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Author: Patrick Billingsley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 100

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Author: Jörn Dannemann
Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN: 3736932472
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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Hidden Markov models (HMMs) and other latent variable models form complex, flexible frameworks for univariate and multivariate data structures. In the last two decades models with latent variables have entered almost all fields of statistical applications. It is common for these models that unobserved variables are introduced to model a complex data structure given by the observables. A major advantage of latent structures is the principle simplicity and the accessibility to practitioners as well as their application-driven interpretations rather than black box systems. In this dissertation the statistical methodology of HMMs and related models is extended in certain aspects and illustrated by several applications from various fields, including epileptic seizures, financial time series and a dental health trail. We first investigate testing problems for HMMs under nonstandard conditions, namely when the true parameter lies on the boundary. In practical applications of HMMs, non-standard testing problems are frequently encountered, e.g. testing for the probability of staying in a certain unobserved state being zero. We derive the relevant asymptotic distribution theory for the likelihood ratio test in HMMs under these conditions. A number of examples with particular relevance in the HMM framework are examined. Secondly, we are concerned with testing for the number of states in HMMs and switching regression models, in particular, testing for two states in an HMM, and testing for two components in switching regression models. The specification of the number of states is very important in all models with discrete latent variables, and performing statistical testing of such hypotheses is one way to deal with this problem. For testing for homogeneity or for two components in finite mixtures the modified likelihood ratio test is a well-developed method. Based on this approach we propose a test for two states in HMMs. Testing for two states is of primary interest in particular for HMMs, since a two-state HMM represents the smallest non-trivial member of this model class. We derive the asymptotic distribution for the modified likelihood ratio test with independence assumption under the hypothesis of a two-state HMM. In addition, we propose a test for two components in switching regression models with independent or Markov-dependent regime. In the third part we depart from the classical parametric framework and relax the parametric assumptions, aiming for more flexible models, which reduce systematic errors caused by model misspecification and give rise to model validation techniques. We propose a parametric as well as a semiparametric approach to this problem. In particular, the latter one introduces a new flavor to hidden Markov modeling by linking recently developed semiparametric mixture models to the HMM framework. We discuss identifiability and propose an estimation procedure to semiparametric two-state HMMs based on the expectation-maximization algorithm. This enables extensions of modern estimation techniques in semiparametric mixtures like log-concave density estimation to HMMs.

Author: Iain L. MacDonald
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780412558504
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Discrete-valued time series are common in practice, but methods for their analysis are not well-known. In recent years, methods have been developed which are specifically designed for the analysis of discrete-valued time series. Hidden Markov and Other Models for Discrete-Valued Time Series introduces a new, versatile, and computationally tractable class of models, the "hidden Markov" models. It presents a detailed account of these models, then applies them to data from a wide range of diverse subject areas, including medicine, climatology, and geophysics. This book will be invaluable to researchers and postgraduate and senior undergraduate students in statistics. Researchers and applied statisticians who analyze time series data in medicine, animal behavior, hydrology, and sociology will also find this information useful.

Author: Walter Zucchini
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482253844
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 370

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Hidden Markov Models for Time Series: An Introduction Using R, Second Edition illustrates the great flexibility of hidden Markov models (HMMs) as general-purpose models for time series data. The book provides a broad understanding of the models and their uses. After presenting the basic model formulation, the book covers estimation, forecasting, decoding, prediction, model selection, and Bayesian inference for HMMs. Through examples and applications, the authors describe how to extend and generalize the basic model so that it can be applied in a rich variety of situations. The book demonstrates how HMMs can be applied to a wide range of types of time series: continuous-valued, circular, multivariate, binary, bounded and unbounded counts, and categorical observations. It also discusses how to employ the freely available computing environment R to carry out the computations. Features Presents an accessible overview of HMMs Explores a variety of applications in ecology, finance, epidemiology, climatology, and sociology Includes numerous theoretical and programming exercises Provides most of the analysed data sets online New to the second edition A total of five chapters on extensions, including HMMs for longitudinal data, hidden semi-Markov models and models with continuous-valued state process New case studies on animal movement, rainfall occurrence and capture-recapture data

Author: Peter Guttorp
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351413651
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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Stochastic Modeling of Scientific Data combines stochastic modeling and statistical inference in a variety of standard and less common models, such as point processes, Markov random fields and hidden Markov models in a clear, thoughtful and succinct manner. The distinguishing feature of this work is that, in addition to probability theory, it contains statistical aspects of model fitting and a variety of data sets that are either analyzed in the text or used as exercises. Markov chain Monte Carlo methods are introduced for evaluating likelihoods in complicated models and the forward backward algorithm for analyzing hidden Markov models is presented. The strength of this text lies in the use of informal language that makes the topic more accessible to non-mathematicians. The combinations of hard science topics with stochastic processes and their statistical inference puts it in a new category of probability textbooks. The numerous examples and exercises are drawn from astronomy, geology, genetics, hydrology, neurophysiology and physics.

Author: Walter Zucchini
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420010891
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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Reveals How HMMs Can Be Used as General-Purpose Time Series Models Implements all methods in R Hidden Markov Models for Time Series: An Introduction Using R applies hidden Markov models (HMMs) to a wide range of time series types, from continuous-valued, circular, and multivariate series to binary data, bounded and unbounded counts, and categorical observations. It also discusses how to employ the freely available computing environment R to carry out computations for parameter estimation, model selection and checking, decoding, and forecasting. Illustrates the methodology in action After presenting the simple Poisson HMM, the book covers estimation, forecasting, decoding, prediction, model selection, and Bayesian inference. Through examples and applications, the authors describe how to extend and generalize the basic model so it can be applied in a rich variety of situations. They also provide R code for some of the examples, enabling the use of the codes in similar applications. Effectively interpret data using HMMs This book illustrates the wonderful flexibility of HMMs as general-purpose models for time series data. It provides a broad understanding of the models and their uses.