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On defining long-range dependence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

C. C. Heyde*
Affiliation:
Australian National University and Columbia University
Y. Yang*
Affiliation:
Columbia University
*
Postal address: Stochastic Analysis Group, School of Mathematical Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia and Department of Statistics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
∗∗Postal address: Department of Statistics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.

Abstract

Long-range dependence has usually been defined in terms of covariance properties relevant only to second-order stationary processes. Here we provide new definitions, almost equivalent to the original ones in that domain of applicability, which are useful for processes which may not be second-order stationary, or indeed have infinite variances. The ready applicability of this formulation for categorizing the behaviour for various infinite variance models is shown.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1997 

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