STR: A Seasonal-Trend Decomposition Procedure Based on Regression

Alexander Dokumentov () and Rob Hyndman

No 13/15, Monash Econometrics and Business Statistics Working Papers from Monash University, Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics

Abstract: We propose new generic methods for decomposing seasonal data: STR (a Seasonal-Trend decomposition procedure based on Regression) and Robust STR. In some ways, STR is similar to Ridge Regression and Robust STR can be related to LASSO. Our new methods are much more general than any alternative time series decomposition methods. They allow for multiple seasonal and cyclic components, and multiple linear regressors with constant, flexible, seasonal and cyclic influence. Seasonal patterns (for both seasonal components and seasonal regressors) can be fractional and flexible over time; moreover they can be either strictly periodic or have a more complex topology. We also provide confidence intervals for the estimated components, and discuss how STR can be used for forecasting.

Keywords: time series decomposition; seasonal data; Tikhonov regularisation; ridge regression; LASSO; STL; TBATS; X-12-ARIMA; BSM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C10 C14 C22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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