Time series segmentation with shifting means hidden markov models

We present a new family of hidden Markov models and apply these to the segmentation of hydrological and environmental time series. The proposed hidden Markov models have a discrete state space and their structure is inspired from the <i>shifting means</i> models introduced by Chernoff an...

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Main Authors: Ath. Kehagias, V. Fortin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2006-01-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/13/339/2006/npg-13-339-2006.pdf
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spelling doaj-c244467c588c421790920ce547f80e442020-11-24T21:38:54ZengCopernicus PublicationsNonlinear Processes in Geophysics1023-58091607-79462006-01-01133339352Time series segmentation with shifting means hidden markov modelsAth. KehagiasV. FortinWe present a new family of hidden Markov models and apply these to the segmentation of hydrological and environmental time series. The proposed hidden Markov models have a discrete state space and their structure is inspired from the <i>shifting means</i> models introduced by Chernoff and Zacks and by Salas and Boes. An estimation method inspired from the EM algorithm is proposed, and we show that it can accurately identify multiple change-points in a time series. We also show that the solution obtained using this algorithm can serve as a starting point for a Monte-Carlo Markov chain Bayesian estimation method, thus reducing the computing time needed for the Markov chain to converge to a stationary distribution.http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/13/339/2006/npg-13-339-2006.pdf
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Time series segmentation with shifting means hidden markov models
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title Time series segmentation with shifting means hidden markov models
title_short Time series segmentation with shifting means hidden markov models
title_full Time series segmentation with shifting means hidden markov models
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title_full_unstemmed Time series segmentation with shifting means hidden markov models
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publisher Copernicus Publications
series Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
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publishDate 2006-01-01
description We present a new family of hidden Markov models and apply these to the segmentation of hydrological and environmental time series. The proposed hidden Markov models have a discrete state space and their structure is inspired from the <i>shifting means</i> models introduced by Chernoff and Zacks and by Salas and Boes. An estimation method inspired from the EM algorithm is proposed, and we show that it can accurately identify multiple change-points in a time series. We also show that the solution obtained using this algorithm can serve as a starting point for a Monte-Carlo Markov chain Bayesian estimation method, thus reducing the computing time needed for the Markov chain to converge to a stationary distribution.
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