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Título: TS-TARX: TREE STRUCTURED - THRESHOLD AUTOREGRESSION WITH EXTERNAL VARIABLES
Instituição: PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO - PUC-RIO
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Número do Conteúdo: 2224
Catalogação:  28/01/2002 Idioma(s):  PORTUGUESE - BRAZIL

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Natureza:  SCHOLARLY PUBLICATION
This research work proposes a new piecewise linear model to extract knowledge rules from databases. The model is an heuristic based on analysis of regression trees, introduced by Friedman (1979) and discussed in detail by Breiman (1984). The motivation of this research is to come up with a new approach combining both statistical modeling techniques and an efficient split search algorithm. The split decision used in the split search algorithm counts on information from adjusted linear equation and was implemented inspired by the work of Tsay (1989). In his work, he suggests a model-building procedure for a nonlinear time series model called by TAR (threshold autoregressive model), first proposed by Tong (1978) and discussed in detail by Tong and Lim (1980) and Tong (1983). The TAR model is a piecewise linear model which main idea is to set the coefficients of a linear autoregressive process in accordance with a value of observed variable, called by threshold variable. Tsays identification of the number and location of the potential thresholds was based on supplementary graphic devices. The idea is to get the whole process automatic on a new model-building process. This process is an algorithm that preserves the method of regression by recursive least squares (RLS) used in Tsays work. This regression method allowed the test of all possibilities of data split. Perhaps that is the main advantage of the methodology introduced in this work, seeing that Cooper, S. (1998) said about the impossibility of testing each break.Thus, combining decision tree methodology with a regression technique (RLS), the model became the TS-TARX (Tree Structured - Threshold AutoRegression with eXternal variables). It searches on a binary tree calculating F statistics for variable selection and the information criteria BIC for model selection. In the end, the algorithm produces as result a decision tree and a regression equation adjusted to each regime of the partition defined by the decision tree. Its major advantage is easy interpretation.This research work concludes with some applications in benchmark databases from literature and others that helps the understanding of the algorithm process.