Linear prediction of point process times and marks

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Authors: Maximilian Aigner, V. Chavez-Demoulin 

Publication date: 18 May 2022

Abstract: In this paper, we are interested in linear prediction of a particular kind of stochastic process, namely a marked temporal point process. The observations are event times recorded on the real line, with marks attached to each event. We show that in this case, linear prediction extends straightforwardly from the theory of prediction for stationary stochastic processes. Following classical lines, we derive a Wiener-Hopf-type integral equation to characterise the linear predictor, extending the "model independent origin" of the Hawkes process (Jaisson, 2015) as a corollary. We propose two recursive methods to solve the linear prediction problem and show that these are computationally efficient in known cases. The first solves the Wiener-Hopf equation via a set of differential equations. It is particularly well-adapted to autoregressive processes. In the second method, we develop an innovations algorithm tailored for moving-average processes. A small simulation study on two typical examples shows the application of numerical schemes for estimation of a Hawkes process intensity.

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