Exact Likelihood Function Forms for an ARFIMA Process

We present four closed form expressions for the exact likelihood function for a Gaussian ARFIMA process, which is useful in modeling time series with long memory and short memory behavior. Use is made of the relationship between the ARFIMA process and the corresponding fractional Gaussian noise process. Application to the simpler short memory ARMA process is illustrated.

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