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We consider statistical learning question for $\psi$-weakly dependent processes, that unifies a large class of weak dependence conditions such as mixing, association,$\cdots$ The consistency of the empirical risk minimization algorithm is established. We derive the generalization bounds and provide the learning rate, which, on some H{\"o}lder class of hypothesis, is close to the usual $O(n^{-1/2})$ obtained in the {\it i.i.d.} case. Application to time series prediction is carried out with an example of causal models with exogenous covariates.

We consider an epidemic change-point detection in a large class of causal time series models, including among other processes, AR($\infty$), ARCH($\infty$), TARCH($\infty$), ARMA-GARCH. A test statistic based on the Gaussian quasi-maximum likelihood estimator of the parameter is proposed. It is shown that, under the null hypothesis of no change, the test statistic converges to a distribution obtained from a difference of two Brownian bridge and diverges to infinity under the epidemic alternative. Numerical results for simulation and real data example are provided., Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2103.13336

We consider the change-point detection in multivariate continuous and integer valued time series. We propose a Wald-type statistic based on the estimator performed by a general contrast function; which can be constructed from the likelihood, a quasi-likelihood, a least squares method, etc. Sufficient conditions are provided to ensure that the statistic convergences to a well-known distribution under the null hypothesis (of no change) and diverges to infinity under the alternative; which establishes the consistency of the procedure. Some examples are detailed to illustrate the scope of application of the proposed procedure. Simulation experiments are conducted to illustrate the asymptotic results.

In this paper, we consider the structural change in a class of discrete valued time series, which the true conditional distribution of the observations is assumed to be unknown. The conditional mean of the process depends on a parameter $\theta^*$ which may change over time. We provide sufficient conditions for the consistency and the asymptotic normality of the Poisson quasi-maximum likelihood estimator (QMLE) of the model. We consider an epidemic change-point detection and propose a test statistic based on the QMLE of the parameter. Under the null hypothesis of a constant parameter (no change), the test statistic converges to a distribution obtained from a difference of two Brownian bridge. The test statistic diverges to infinity under the epidemic alternative, which establishes that the proposed procedure is consistent in power. The effectiveness of the proposed procedure is illustrated by simulated and real data examples.

In this paper, we study a general class of causal processes with exogenous covariates, including many classical processes such as the ARMA-GARCH, APARCH, ARMAX, GARCH-X and APARCH-X processes. Under some Lipschitz-type conditions, the existence of a $\tau$-weakly dependent strictly stationary and ergodic solution is established. We provide conditions for the strong consistency and derive the asymptotic distribution of the quasi-maximum likelihood estimator (QMLE), both when the true parameter is an interior point of the parameter's space and when it belongs to the boundary. A significance Wald-type test of parameter is developed. This test is quite extensive and includes the test of nullity of the parameter's components, which in particular, allows us to assess the relevance of the exogenous covariates. Relying on the QMLE of the model, we also propose a penalized criterion to address the problem of the model selection for this class. The weak and the strong consistency of the procedure are established. Finally, Monte Carlo simulations are conducted to numerically illustrate the main results.

We consider together the retrospective and the sequential change-point detection in a general class of integer-valued time series. The conditional mean of the process depends on a parameter $\theta^*$ which may change over time. We propose procedures which are based on the Poisson quasi-maximum likelihood estimator of the parameter, and where the updated estimator is computed without the historical observations in the sequential framework. For both the retrospective and the sequential detection, the test statistics converge to some distributions obtained from the standard Brownian motion under the null hypothesis of no change and diverge to infinity under the alternative; that is, these procedures are consistent. Some results of simulations as well as real data application are provided.

In this article, we study a robust estimation method for a general class of integer-valued time series models. The conditional distribution of the process belongs to a broad class of distribution and unlike classical autoregressive framework, the conditional mean of the process also depends on some multivariate exogenous covariate. We derive a robust inference procedure based on the minimum density power divergence. Under certain regularity conditions, we establish that the proposed estimator is consistent and asymptotically normal. Simulation experiments are conducted to illustrate the empirical performances of the estimator. An application to the number of transactions per minute for the stock Ericsson B is also provided.

This paper deals with the problem of model selection for a general class of integer-valued time series. We propose a penalized criterion based on the Poisson quasi-likelihood of the model. Under certain regularity conditions, the consistency of the procedure as well as the consistency and the asymptotic normality of the Poisson quasi-likelihood estimator of the selected model are established. Simulation experiments are conducted for some classical models such as Poisson, binary INGARCH and negative binomial model with nonlinear dynamic. Also, an application to a real dataset is provided.

This paper proposes a piecewise autoregression for general integer-valued time series. The conditional mean of the process depends on a parameter which is piecewise constant over time. We derive an inference procedure based on a penalized contrast that is constructed from the Poisson quasi-maximum likelihood of the model. The consistency of the proposed estimator is established. From practical applications, we derive a data-driven procedure based on the slope heuristic to calibrate the penalty term of the contrast; and the implementation is carried out through the dynamic programming algorithm, which leads to a procedure of $\mathcal{O}(n^2)$ time complexity. Some simulation results are provided, as well as the applications to the US recession data and the number of trades in the stock of Technofirst.

We consider the structural change in a class of discrete valued time series that the conditional distribution follows a one-parameter exponential family. We propose a change-point test based on the maximum likelihood estimator of the parameter of the model. Under the null hypothesis (of no change), the test statistics converges to a well known distribution, allowing for the calculation of the critical values of the test. The test statistic diverges to infinity under the alternative, that is, the test asymptotically has power one. Some simulation results and real data applications are reported to show the applicability of the test procedure.