{ "id": "1011.0175", "version": "v1", "published": "2010-10-31T16:16:30.000Z", "updated": "2010-10-31T16:16:30.000Z", "title": "A Comparison of Methods for Computing Autocorrelation Time", "authors": [ "Madeleine B. Thompson" ], "categories": [ "stat.CO" ], "abstract": "This paper describes four methods for estimating autocorrelation time and evaluates these methods with a test set of seven series. Fitting an autoregressive process appears to be the most accurate method of the four. An R package is provided for extending the comparison to more methods and test series.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2010-10-31T16:16:30.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "G.3" ], "keywords": [ "computing autocorrelation time", "comparison", "test series", "accurate method", "estimating autocorrelation time" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2010arXiv1011.0175T" } } }