[R] R for arma mdel with constraints on parameters

[Prof Brian Ripley]

See the 'fixed' argument, which allows you to fix ARIMA parameters at 
any value, including zero.

On Tue, 26 May 2009, FangTonggen wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i am learning R recently and find it very helpful in time series model.
>
>
>
> In ARMA model, given (p,q) it can get the estimation of a[i] and 
> b[j] easily with arima() function.
>
> X[t] = a[1]X[t-1] + ... + a[p]X[t-p] + e[t] + b[1]e[t-1] + ... + b[q]e[t-q]
>
> but in my recent data model, i met a problem. In the ARMA model, p 
> and q are fixed, but there are some constraints in the parameters 
> a[i] and b[j], such as for some i (i<p), a[i]=0. my problem is how 
> to get these parameters' estimation for these constrants with 
> arima() function? or i need to write functions to realize it.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tongen
> from Beijing

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