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Prediction from a random time point

Lindgren, Georg LU orcid (1975) In Annals of Probability 3(3). p.412-423
Abstract
In prediction (Wiener-, Kalman-) of a random normal process $\{X(t), t \in R\}$ it is normally required that the time $t_0$ from which prediction is made does not depend on the values of the process. If prediction is made only from time points at which the process takes a certain value $u,$ given a priori, ("prediction under panic"), the Wiener-prediction is not necessarily optimal; optimal should then mean best in the long run, for each single realization. The main theorem in this paper shows that when predicting only from upcrossing zeros $t_\nu$, the Wiener-prediction gives optimal prediction of $X(t_\nu + t)$ as $t_\nu$ runs through the set of zero upcrossings, if and only if the derivative $X'(t_\nu)$ at the crossing points is... (More)
In prediction (Wiener-, Kalman-) of a random normal process $\{X(t), t \in R\}$ it is normally required that the time $t_0$ from which prediction is made does not depend on the values of the process. If prediction is made only from time points at which the process takes a certain value $u,$ given a priori, ("prediction under panic"), the Wiener-prediction is not necessarily optimal; optimal should then mean best in the long run, for each single realization. The main theorem in this paper shows that when predicting only from upcrossing zeros $t_\nu$, the Wiener-prediction gives optimal prediction of $X(t_\nu + t)$ as $t_\nu$ runs through the set of zero upcrossings, if and only if the derivative $X'(t_\nu)$ at the crossing points is observed. The paper also gives the conditional distribution from which the optimal predictor can be computed. (Less)
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Institute of Mathematical Statistics
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  author       = {{Lindgren, Georg}},
  issn         = {{0091-1798}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{412--423}},
  publisher    = {{Institute of Mathematical Statistics}},
  series       = {{Annals of Probability}},
  title        = {{Prediction from a random time point}},
  url          = {{http://www.jstor.org/stable/2959464}},
  volume       = {{3}},
  year         = {{1975}},
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