Change point test for the conditional mean of time series of counts based on support vector regression

Abstract

This study considers support vector regression (SVR) and twin SVR (TSVR) for the time series of counts, wherein the hyper parameters are tuned using the particle swarm optimization (PSO) method. For prediction, we employ the framework of integer-valued generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (INGARCH) models. As an application, we consider change point problems, using the cumulative sum (CUSUM) test based on the residuals obtained from the PSO-SVR and PSO-TSVR methods. We conduct Monte Carlo simulation experiments to illustrate the methods’ validity with various linear and nonlinear INGARCH models. Subsequently, a real data analysis, with the return times of extreme events constructed based on the daily log-returns of Goldman Sachs stock prices, is conducted to exhibit its scope of application.