statsmodels.tsa.stattools.acovf

statsmodels.tsa.stattools.acovf(x, unbiased=False, demean=True, fft=None, missing='none', nlag=None)

Estimate autocovariances.

Parameters

xarray_like

Time series data. Must be 1d.

unbiasedbool

If True, then denominators is n-k, otherwise n.

demeanbool

If True, then subtract the mean x from each element of x.

fftbool

If True, use FFT convolution. This method should be preferred for long time series.

missingstr

A string in [‘none’, ‘raise’, ‘conservative’, ‘drop’] specifying how the NaNs are to be treated.

nlag{int, None}

Limit the number of autocovariances returned. Size of returned array is nlag + 1. Setting nlag when fft is False uses a simple, direct estimator of the autocovariances that only computes the first nlag + 1 values. This can be much faster when the time series is long and only a small number of autocovariances are needed.

Returns

ndarray

The estimated autocovariances.

References

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Parzen, E., 1963. On spectral analysis with missing observations and amplitude modulation. Sankhya: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Series A, pp.383-392.