Guide for Using the Programs TRAMO and SEATS (Beat Version: December 1997)

The present document details, step by step, an efficient and simple way to construct the file input for the programs TRAMO ("Time Series Regression with ARIMA Noise Missing Observations, and Outliers") and SEATS ("Signal Extraction in ARIMA Time Series") for all possible cases and applications. First, we describe a fully automatic procedure where all parameters are set by the program. Then, for a more general use, the case of joint or separate application of the programs is described, as well as the case of a simple series or a large number of them.