Time delay estimation with hidden Markov models

Mehdi Azzouzi, Ian T. Nabney

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Abstract

Most traditional methods for extracting the relationships between two time series are based on cross-correlation. In a non-linear non-stationary environment, these techniques are not sufficient. We show in this paper how to use hidden Markov models to identify the lag (or delay) between different variables for such data. Adopting an information-theoretic approach, we develop a procedure for training HMMs to maximise the mutual information (MMI) between delayed time series. The method is used to model the oil drilling process. We show that cross-correlation gives no information and that the MMI approach outperforms maximum likelihood.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNinth International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, 1999 (ICANN)
Place of PublicationEdinburgh, UK
PublisherIEEE
Pages473-478
Number of pages6
Volume1
ISBN (Print)0852967217
Publication statusPublished - 1999
EventNinth International conference on Artificial Neural Networks -
Duration: 1 Jan 19991 Jan 1999

Conference

ConferenceNinth International conference on Artificial Neural Networks
Period1/01/991/01/99

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Keywords

  • time series
  • cross-correlation
  • non-stationary
  • Markov models
  • information-theoretic
  • mutual information

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