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Modelos no lineales de previsión para series temporales de interés farmacéutico. Aplicación al caso de la escarlatina

Translated title of the contribution: Nonlinear forecasting models in time series analysis of pharmaceutical interest
  • X. Tomás*
  • , L. G. Sabaté
  • , J. Cuadros
  • , M. E. Gracía-Aso
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper presents the fit of both a nonlinear and a robust model to a time series data about the incidence of scarlet fever in Catalunya from 2000 to 2005. Data were published by the Departament de Salut of the Generalitat de Catalunya in Butlletí Epidemiològic de Catalunya (BEC). Fitting was performed both by ordinary least squares and least median of residuals method. Since residuals are non-normally distributed, the confidence intervals were evaluated by a bootstrap procedure. The model was validated looking at the forecast for the last 47 weeks and the published values. Except for acute incidence periods, acceptable forecast are obtained. The sinusoidal model fitted has a period of 52 weeks, maxima are located at the second half of march and minima at the second half of September. Inflexion points are located about summer and winter solstice.

Translated title of the contributionNonlinear forecasting models in time series analysis of pharmaceutical interest
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)20-25
Number of pages6
JournalAfinidad
Volume65
Issue number533
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2008

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