TSPred Package for R : Framework for Nonstationary Time Series Prediction

Current Version: 5.1 Date: 2021-01

Authors: Rebecca Pontes Salles (rebeccapsalles@acm.org) and Eduardo Ogasawara (eogasawara@ieee.org)

Description: Functions for defining and conducting a time series prediction process including pre(post)processing, decomposition, modeling, prediction, and accuracy assessment. The generated models and their yielded prediction errors can be used for benchmarking other time series prediction methods and for creating a demand for the refinement of such methods. For this purpose, benchmark data from prediction competitions may be used.

Available at CRAN: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=TSPred

Reference manual: TSPred.pdf

Acknowledgements: The authors thank CNPq, CAPES, and FAPERJ for partially sponsoring this research.

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Usage:

#Install TSPred package
> install.packages("TSPred")

#Load TSPred package
> library("TSPred")

ARIMA model prediction application using TSPred

#loading CATS dataset
 > data("CATS")

#defining the time series application
 > tspred_arima <- tspred( subsetting = subsetting(test_len = 20),
                           modeling = ARIMA(), 
                           evaluating = list(MSE = MSE(),AIC = AIC()) )

#performing the prediction application and obtaining results
 > tspred_arima_res <- workflow( tspred_arima, data = CATS[5] )

Definition of components/steps of a time series prediction process in TSPred

#Obtaining objects of the processing class
 > proc_subset <- subsetting( test_len = 20 )
 > proc_bct <- BCT()
 > proc_wt <- WT( level = 1, filter = "bl14" )
 > proc_sw <- SW( window_len = 6 )
 > proc_mm <- MinMax()

#Obtaining objects of the modeling class
 > modl_nnet <- NNET( size = 5, sw = proc_sw, proc = list(MM = proc_mm) )

#Obtaining objects of the evaluating class
 > eval_mse <- MSE()

MLM prediction application using TSPred

#Defining a time series prediction process
 > tspred_mlm <- tspred( subsetting = proc_subset, 
                         processing = list(BCT = proc_bct, WT = proc_wt), 
                         modeling = modl_nnet,
                         evaluating = list(MSE = eval_mse) )

#Running the time series prediction process and obtaining results
 > tspred_mlm_res <- tspred_mlm %>% 
                     subset(data = CATS[5]) %>%
                     preprocess(prep_test = TRUE) %>% 
                     train() %>%
                     predict(input_test_data = TRUE) %>% 
                     postprocess() %>% 
                     evaluate()

#Benchmarking tspred objects
 > bmrk_results <- benchmark( tspred_arima_res, list(tspred_mlm_res) )

A user-defined MLM using TSPred

#Subclass my.model
 > my.model <- function(train_par=NULL, pred_par=NULL){
      MLM(train_func = my.model.func, train_par = c(train_par),
          pred_func = my.model.pred.func, pred_par = c(pred_par),
          method = "Name of my model", subclass = "my.model" )
 }

#Obtaining an instance of the subclass my.model
 > model <- my.model(train_par = list(par1="a", par2="b"), pred_par = list(par3="c"))

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Other relevant functions:

Nonstationarity treatment:

• LogT - Logarithmic transform.
• BCT - Box-Cox transform.
• an - Adaptive normalization.
• Diff - Differencing. MAS
• mas - Moving average smoothing.
• pct - Percentage change transform.
• WaveletT - Wavelet transform.
• emd - Empirical mode decomposition.

Fittest linear models:

• fittestLM - Automatically finding fittest linear model for prediction.
• fittestArima - Automatic ARIMA fitting, prediction and accuracy evaluation.
• fittestArimaKF - Automatic ARIMA fitting and prediction with Kalman filter.
• fittestPolyR - Automatic fitting and prediction of polynomial regression.
• fittestPolyRKF - Automatic fitting and prediction of polynomial regression with Kalman filter.

Automatic preprocessing/decomposition and prediction:

• fittestMAS - Automatic prediction with moving average smoothing.
• fittestWavelet - Automatic prediction with wavelet transform.
• fittestEMD - Automatic prediction with empirical mode decomposition.