Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2016
The existence and properties of a general ARMA (p, q) process, whose autocovariances, up to lag p, and impulse coefficients, up to lag q, coincide with some given values, are shown. A closed-form solution is obtained. Based on this, the maximal entropy property for ARMA process and the relation and difference between ARMA maximal entropy approximation and extended Padé approximation are discussed. This method may be used for the design of digital filters and for ARMA spectral estimation.
This paper was written during the author's visit to the Department of Statistics, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, and was revised in the School of Mathematics, Queensland University of Technology.