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Locally optimized prediction of nonlinear systems: stochastic and deterministic

Smith, Leonard A. (1995) Locally optimized prediction of nonlinear systems: stochastic and deterministic. In: Tong, Howell, (ed.) Chaos and Forecasting. Nonlinear time series and chaos (2). World Scientific (Firm), Singapore. ISBN 9789810221263

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Abstract

It is now generally recognized that very simple dynamical systems can produce apparently random behaviour. Attention has recently turned to focus on the flip-side of this coin: random-looking time series (or random-looking patterns in space) may indeed be the result of very complicated processes or "real noise", but they may equally well be produced by some very simple mechanism (a low-dimensional attractor). In either case, a long-term prediction will be possible only in probabilistic terms. However, in the very short term, random systems will still be unpredictable but low-dimensional chaotic ones may be predictable (appearances to the contrary). The Royal Society held a two-day discussion meeting on topics covering diverse fields, including biology, economics, geophysics, meterology, statistics, epidemiology, earthquake science and many others, each topic covered by a leading expert in the field. The meeting dealt with different basic approaches to the problem of chaos and forecasting, and covered applications to nonlinear forecasting of both artificially-generated time series and real data from context in the above-mentioned diverse fields. This book forms an introduction to the science of chaos, with special reference to real data.

Item Type: Book Section
Official URL: http://www.worldscientific.com/
Additional Information: © 1995 World Scientific Publishing Co.
Divisions: Statistics
Centre for Analysis of Time Series
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HA Statistics
Date Deposited: 22 Feb 2011 16:25
Last Modified: 13 Sep 2024 15:03
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/32775

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