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Simulate Regression Models with Multiplicative Seasonal Errors

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This example shows how to simulate sample paths from a regression model with multiplicative seasonal ARIMA errors using simulate. The time series is monthly international airline passenger numbers from 1949 to 1960.

Load the airline and recessions data sets.

load Data_Airline
load Data_Recessions

Transform the airline data by applying the logarithm, and the 1st and 12th differences.

y = DataTimeTable.PSSG;
logY = log(y);
DiffPoly = LagOp([1 -1]);
SDiffPoly = LagOp([1 -1],'Lags',[0, 12]);
dLogY = filter(DiffPoly*SDiffPoly,logY);

Construct the predictor (X), which determines whether the country was in a recession during the sampled period. A 0 in row t means the country was not in a recession in month t, and a 1 in row t means that it was in a recession in month t.

X = zeros(numel(dates),1); % Preallocation
for j = 1:size(Recessions,1)
    X(dates >= Recessions(j,1) & dates <= Recessions(j,2)) = 1;
end
X = X(14:end); % Remove the first 14 observations for consistency
dts = DataTimeTable.Time(14:end);

Define index sets that partition the data into estimation and forecast samples.

nSim = 60; % Forecast period
T = length(dLogY); 
estInds = 1:(T-nSim);
foreInds = (T-nSim+1):T;

Estimate the regression model with multiplicative seasonal errors:

yt=c+Xtβ+ut

ut=(1+BL)(1+B12L12)εt.

Mdl = regARIMA('MALags',1,'SMALags',12);
EstMdl = estimate(Mdl,dLogY(estInds),'X',X(estInds));
 
    Regression with ARMA(0,1) Error Model with Seasonal MA(12) (Gaussian Distribution):
 
                   Value      StandardError    TStatistic      PValue  
                 _________    _____________    __________    __________

    Intercept    0.0042146      0.0015333        2.7486       0.0059843
    MA{1}         -0.47713        0.12087       -3.9473      7.9044e-05
    SMA{12}       -0.74115        0.12042       -6.1549      7.5116e-10
    Beta(1)      -0.018912      0.0075665       -2.4994        0.012439
    Variance     0.0016695     0.00031169        5.3564      8.4901e-08

Use the estimated coefficients of the model (contained in EstMdl) to simulate 25 realizations of airline passenger counts over the 60-month horizon. Infer the residuals, and use them as a presample.

[~,u0] = infer(EstMdl,dLogY(estInds),'X',X(estInds));
rng(5); %For reproducibility
numPaths = 25;
dLogYSim = simulate(EstMdl,60,'numPaths',numPaths,'U0',u0,'X',X(foreInds));
meanDLogYSim = mean(dLogYSim,2);

figure
h1 = plot(dts(estInds),dLogY(estInds));
title('{\bf Transformed, Simulated Monthly Passenger Totals}')
hold on
plot(dts(foreInds),dLogYSim,'Color',[.85,.85,.85])
h2 = plot(dts(foreInds),meanDLogYSim,'k.-','LineWidth',2);
plot([dts(estInds(end)) dts(foreInds(1))], ...
    [repmat(dLogY(estInds(end)),numPaths,1),dLogYSim(1,:)'], ...
    'Color',[.85,.85,.85])
plot([dts(estInds(end)) dts(foreInds(1))], ...
    [dLogY(estInds(end)),meanDLogYSim(1)],'k.-','LineWidth',2)
plot(dts(foreInds),dLogY(foreInds))
legend([h1 h2],'Observations','Simulation Mean','Location','NorthWest')
axis tight
hold off

Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with title blank Transformed, blank Simulated blank Monthly blank Passenger blank Totals contains 54 objects of type line. These objects represent Observations, Simulation Mean.

The regression model with SMA errors seems to forecast the series well.

Check the predictive performance of the model by:

  1. Varying the size of the forecast period

  2. Estimating the prediction mean square error (PMSE)

  3. Choosing the model with the lowest PMSE

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Simulate Regression Model with Nonstationary Multiplicative Seasonal Errors

This example shows how to simulate sample paths from a regression model with multiplicative seasonal ARIMA errors using simulate. The time series is monthly international airline passenger numbers from 1949 to 1960.

Load the airline and recessions data sets. Transform the response.

load Data_Airline
load Data_Recessions
y = log(DataTimeTable.PSSG);

Construct the predictor (X), which determines whether the country was in a recession during the sampled period. A 0 in row t means the country was not in a recession in month t, and a 1 in row t means that it was in a recession in month t.

X = zeros(numel(dates),1); % Preallocation
for j = 1:size(Recessions,1)
    X(dates >= Recessions(j,1) & dates <= Recessions(j,2)) = 1;
end

Define index sets that partition the data into estimation and forecast samples.

nSim = 60; % Forecast period
T = length(y);
estInds = 1:(T-nSim);
foreInds = (T-nSim+1):T;

Estimate the regression model with multiplicative seasonal errors:

yt=Xtβ+ut

(1-L)(1-L12)ut=(1+BL)(1+B12L12)εt.

Set the regression model intercept to 0 since it is not identifiable in an integrated model.

Mdl = regARIMA('D',1,'Seasonality',12,'MALags',1,'SMALags',12, ...
    'Intercept',0);
EstMdl = estimate(Mdl,y(estInds),'X',X(estInds));
 
    Regression with ARIMA(0,1,1) Error Model Seasonally Integrated with Seasonal MA(12) (Gaussian Distribution):
 
                   Value      StandardError    TStatistic      PValue  
                 _________    _____________    __________    __________

    Intercept            0              0           NaN             NaN
    MA{1}         -0.35662        0.10393       -3.4312      0.00060088
    SMA{12}       -0.67729        0.11294       -5.9972      2.0077e-09
    Beta(1)      0.0015098       0.020533       0.07353         0.94138
    Variance     0.0015198     0.00021411        7.0983      1.2632e-12

Use the estimated coefficients of the model (contained in EstMdl), to simulate airline passenger counts over the 60-month horizon. Infer the residuals, and use them as a presample.

[e0,u0] = infer(EstMdl,y(estInds),'X',X(estInds));
rng(5);
numPaths = 500;
ySim = simulate(EstMdl,nSim,'numPaths',numPaths,'E0',e0, ...
    'U0',u0,'X',X(foreInds));
meanYSim = mean(ySim,2);

figure
h1 = plot(DataTimeTable.Time(estInds),y(estInds));
title('{\bf Simulated Monthly Passenger Totals}')
hold on
plot(DataTimeTable.Time(foreInds),ySim,'Color',[.85,.85,.85])
h2 = plot(DataTimeTable.Time(foreInds),meanYSim,'k.-','LineWidth',2);
plot(DataTimeTable.Time([estInds(end) foreInds(1)]), ...
    [repmat(y(estInds(end)),numPaths,1),ySim(1,:)'], ...
    'Color',[.85,.85,.85])
plot(DataTimeTable.Time([estInds(end) foreInds(1)]), ...
    [y(estInds(end)),meanYSim(1)],'k.-','LineWidth',2)
plot(DataTimeTable.Time(foreInds),y(foreInds))
legend([h1 h2],'Observations','Monte Carlo Forecasts',...
    'Location','northwest')
axis tight
hold off

Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with title blank Simulated blank Monthly blank Passenger blank Totals contains 1004 objects of type line. These objects represent Observations, Monte Carlo Forecasts.

The simulated forecasts show growth and seasonal periodicity similar to the observed series. The regression model with SMA errors seems to forecast the series well, albeit slightly overestimating.

Check the predictive performance of the model by:

  1. Varying the size of the forecast period

  2. Estimating the prediction mean square error (PMSE)

  3. Choosing the model with the lowest PMSE