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SARIMAX Modeling
SARIMAXisessentiallyalinearregressionmodelthatusesaseasonalARIMAtypemodelforresiduals.
TheARMAXModelWizardinNumXLautomatestheSARIMAXmodelconstructionsteps:guessinginitial
parameters,parametersvalidation,goodnessoffittesting,andresidualsdiagnosis.
Tousethisfunctionality,selectanemptycellinyourworksheetandlocate/selecttheARMAXiconon
thetoolbar(orthemenuitem):
TheNumXLARMAX/SARIMAXModelWizardpopsup.
Bydefault,theoutputissettoreferencetheactivecellsonyourworksheet.Next,selectorpointtothe
cellsrangewhereyoustoretheinput(dependent)datasampleandtheexogenous
(explanatory/independent)variablesonyourworksheet.
Onceyouselecttheinputdata,theModelandOptiontabsareenabled.ClicktheModeltabnow.
UserGuideARMAXModel 2 SpiderFinancialCorp,2014
ForSARIMAX,weneedtoselecttheSeasonalcheckbox.Entertheseasonlengthandthedifferent
ordersofseasonalandnonseasonalcomponentsoftheSARIMAmodel.
Now,clicktheOptionsTab.
Onthistab,wecaninstructtheModelWizardwhethertogenerategoodnessoffitandresidual
diagnosistables.Wecanalsodeterminehowitshouldinitializethevaluesofthemodelsparameters:
quickguessorcalibratedoptimalvalues.
Note:Bydefault,theModelWizardgeneratesaquickguessofthevaluesofthemodelsparameters,
buttheusermaychoosetogeneratecalibratedvaluesforthemodelscoefficients.
UserGuideARMAXModel 3 SpiderFinancialCorp,2014
Uponcompletion,theSARIMAXmodelingfunctionoutputstheselectedmodel'sparametersand
selectedtests/calculationsinthedesignatedlocationofyourworksheet.
Notes:
1. TheARIMAWizardaddscomments(redarrowheads)tothelabelcellstodescribethem.