Auto-correlation
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
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of a stochastic process
Correlation of the values of and . The term "auto-correlation" , along with the term "correlation function" , is mostly employed in studies of stationary stochastic processes, in which the auto-correlation depends only on and not on (cf. Stationary stochastic process).
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I.e. the auto-correlation of the process is the correlation coefficient of and .
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Auto-correlation. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Auto-correlation&oldid=15589
Auto-correlation. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Auto-correlation&oldid=15589
This article was adapted from an original article by A.V. Prokhorov (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article