## Abstract A number of methods of evaluating the validity of interval forecasts of financial data are analysed, and illustrated using intraday FTSE100 index futures returns. Some existing interval forecast evaluation techniques, such as the Markov chain approach of Christoffersen (1998), are shown
Evaluating forecasting performance for interval data
โ Scribed by Hui-Li Hsu; Berlin Wu
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 469 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0898-1221
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โฆ Synopsis
Interval time series Mean squared error of interval Mean relative interval error
Mean ratio of exclusive-or a b s t r a c t From the overlapping parts and the non-overlapping parts of the actual intervals and the forecast intervals, it should be defined a criterion which is more efficient to evaluate forecasting performance for interval data. In this paper, we present evaluation techniques for interval time series forecasting. The forecast results are compared by the mean squared error of the interval, mean relative interval error and mean ratio of exclusiveor. Simulation and empirical studies show that our proposed evaluation techniques for interval forecasting can provide a more objective decision space in interval forecasting to policymakers.
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