Monthly sunspot number time series analysis and its modeling through autoregressive artificial neural network
Abstract
This study reports a statistical analysis of monthly sunspot number time series and observes non homogeneity and asymmetry within it. Using Mann-Kendall test a linear trend is revealed. After identifying stationarity within the time series we generate autoregressive AR(p) and autoregressive moving average (ARMA(p,q)). Based on minimization of AIC we find 3 and 1 as the best values of p and q respectively. In the next phase, autoregressive neural network (AR-NN(3)) is generated by training a generalized feedforward neural network (GFNN). Assessing the model performances by means of Willmott's index of second order and coefficient of determination, the performance of AR-NN(3) is identified to be better than AR(3) and ARMA(3,1).
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@article{arxiv.1204.3991,
title = {Monthly sunspot number time series analysis and its modeling through autoregressive artificial neural network},
author = {Goutami Chattopadhyay and Surajit Chattopadhyay},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.3991},
year = {2012}
}
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17 pages, 4 figures