Stochastic approximation methods are used to generate a sequence of "$M$-estimates" for the unknown parameters of an autoregressive process of known, finite order which may have heavy-tailed innovations. Weak dependence properties, which can be demonstrated for many autoregressive processes, are used in the proof that the sequence converges almost surely to the parameters. A brief Monte Carlo study verifies that bounded influence functions provide protection for recursive procedures against heavy-tailed innovations.
@article{1176345785,
author = {Campbell, Katherine},
title = {Recursive Computation of $M$-Estimates for the Parameters of a Finite Autoregressive Process},
journal = {Ann. Statist.},
volume = {10},
number = {1},
year = {1982},
pages = { 442-453},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/1176345785}
}
Campbell, Katherine. Recursive Computation of $M$-Estimates for the Parameters of a Finite Autoregressive Process. Ann. Statist., Tome 10 (1982) no. 1, pp. 442-453. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1176345785/