MCMC for Integer-Valued ARMA processes

The classical statistical inference for integer-valued time-series has primarily been restricted to the integer-valued autoregressive (INAR) process. Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods have been shown to be a useful tool in many branches of statistics and is particularly well suited to integer-valued time-series where statistical inference is greatly assisted by data augmentation. Thus in this article, we outline an efficient MCMC algorithm for a wide class of integer-valued autoregressive moving-average (INARMA) processes. Furthermore, we consider noise corrupted integer-valued processes and also models with change points. Finally, in order to assess the MCMC algorithms inferential and predictive capabilities we use a range of simulated and real data sets. Copyright 2007 The Authors Journal compilation 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.