Time-series Forecasting by Chris Chatfield


  • An important general book on time-series forecasting

  • Published by Chapman and Hall/CRC Press in November 2000.
  • ISBN is 1-58488-063-5.

  • This book provides an up-to-date comprehensive review of forecasting methods. It begins with a summary of basic time-series analysis and modelling procedures, followed by a catalogue of the many different time-series forecasting methods. These range from exponential smoothing, through ARIMA and state-space modelling to multivariate methods, such as those based on vector autoregressive (VAR) models. Recent arrivals, such as GARCH models, neural networks, and cointegrated models are also covered. The more important methods are compared in terms of their theoretical inter-relationships and their practical merits including empirical accuracy.
  • The book also considers two other general forecasting topics that have been somewhat neglected in the literature, namely the computation of prediction intervals and the effect of model uncertainty on forecast accuracy. Although the search for a 'best' method continues, it is now well established that no single method will outperform all others in all situations - the context is crucial.
  • The book provides an outstanding reference source for the more generally applicable methods, and should be particularly useful to practitioners and researchers using forecasting methods in economics, government, operational research, management science, and commerce. The data sets used in the book are available below.

  • A few minor typos have been noticed in the first printing. They have been corrected in the first reprint (September 2001). Page 18, line 12, deterministic is misspelt. Page 41, l 32, delete 'ensure'. Page 111, l 17, change 'the' to 'to'. Page 155, MAPE stands for 'mean absolute percentage error', and not 'mean absolute prediction error'. This will also be corrected in the index.
  • Some further misprints have been spotted in both the original printing and the first reprint. Page 52, line 4. The G_t matrix is incorrect. First row should be phi_1, phi_2, while second row should be 1,0 (not 0,1). Page 94: the superscripts on the alphas on the first line immediately below the SETAR model given in the middle of the page, should be subscripts. Page 149: When trying to write (5.7.1) as a VAR model, the 1st equation says X_t=X_{t-d}, and NOT X_t=X_t as it should. This model can only be written as a bivariate VAR(d) model if we know the univariate model for X_t. This section will have to be rewritten. If for example, X_t is known to be AR(1), then the VAR(d) model has a first-order term as well as the d-th order term. Page 165: FARIMA at end of 2nd to last paragraph should be ARFIMA. References: Hibon and Makridakis (1999) has been replaced by Ord, Hibon and Makridakis (2000, J Forecasting, p 443, The M3 Competition) in both the text and refs. Gomez and Maravall is 2001, not 2000. Armstrong (2001), Armstrong and Collopy (2001), and Chatfield, Koehler et al (2001) have all now appeared in print.
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