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Integer-valued time series models and their applications have attracted a lot of attention over the last years. In this paper, we introduce a class of observation-driven random coefficient integer-valued autoregressive processes based on negative binomial thinning, where the autoregressive parameter depends on the observed values of the previous moment. Basic probability and statistics properties of the process are established. The unknown parameters are estimated by the conditional least squares and empirical likelihood methods. Specially, we consider three aspects of the empirical likelihood method: maximum empirical likelihood estimate, confidence region and EL test. The performance of the two estimation methods is compared through simulation studies. Finally, an application to a real data example is provided.
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Yu, M., Wang, D. & Yang, K. A class of observation-driven random coefficient INAR(1) processes based on negative binomial thinning. J. Korean Stat. Soc. 48, 248–264 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jkss.2018.11.004
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