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27 principal claims

  1. 100C9 · descriptive · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    For iETS(M,N,N) in the conventional multiplicative ETS form, the normal-drift mixture density of the demand size after an interval had a largest Kullback-Leibler divergence per observation from the exact density at least three orders of magnitude smaller than that of the one-step density, for the Gamma, the log-normal and the inverse Gaussian distribution.

    The observed-data likelihood of ADAM and iETS with unobserved periods · entrylib:2026.000003@v2

  2. 99C22 · descriptive · principal · novelty: refutes earlier work, by the authors

    For ETS(A,N,A) with m=12m = 12, α=1.2\alpha = 1.2 and γ=0.9\gamma = 0.9, the stability condition of Section 5.4 of the ADAM monograph holds, while in the full discount recursion the effect of the initial states on the fitted values and the weight of a past observation both grow from period to period, and the largest root modulus of the cancelled MA polynomial exceeds one.

    Admissibility of lagged state space models through the ARIMA form of the whole model · entrylib:2026.000002@v3

  3. 96C10 · formal · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    For a model with an occurrence part, occurrence probability ptp_t and positive sizes, a prediction interval [0,u][0,u] of the demand with coverage c>1−ptc>1-p_t that counts the zeros as covered has as upper bound uu the quantile at level (c−(1−pt))/pt(c-(1-p_t))/p_t of the distribution of the demand size, whose mean, the conditional mean of the size, is the size forecast μ^t\hat\mu_t, not the demand forecast ptμ^tp_t\hat\mu_t.

    The observed-data likelihood of ADAM and iETS with unobserved periods · entrylib:2026.000003@v2

  4. 95C3 · methodological · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    On 500 random additive ETS and GUM models, the admissibility decision from the roots of the MA polynomial after cyclotomic cancellation differed from the PBH reference on 0 models, and on the 172 models that both found inadmissible the largest mode modulus differed from the reference by at most 4.4e-13.

    Admissibility of lagged state space models through the ARIMA form of the whole model · entrylib:2026.000002@v3

  5. 95C1 · formal · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    For a model of intermittent demand yt=otzty_t=o_tz_t with Bernoulli occurrence ot∼Bernoulli(pt)o_t\sim\text{Bernoulli}(p_t) independent of a positive continuous size ztz_t, the observed-data likelihood is ∑Ot=1log⁡f(zt∣Yt−1;θ)+∑Ot=1log⁡pt+∑Ot=0log⁡(1−pt),\sum_{O_t=1}\log f(z_t\mid Y_{t-1};\theta) + \sum_{O_t=1}\log p_t + \sum_{O_t=0}\log(1-p_t), in which the unobserved sizes do not appear and the size and occurrence parts separate.

    The observed-data likelihood of ADAM and iETS with unobserved periods · entrylib:2026.000003@v2

  6. 95C2 · formal · principal · novelty: refutes earlier work, by the authors

    The stationary points of the entropy-augmented likelihood of iETS differ in general from those of the observed-data likelihood: at a fixed point of the EM algorithm the gradient of the expected complete-data log-likelihood equals the score of the observed-data likelihood, while the term −Hz(θ)-H_z(\theta) of each period with zero demand has a gradient that is not zero in general, and for normal sizes with fixed location the two objectives are stationary at different variances.

    The observed-data likelihood of ADAM and iETS with unobserved periods · entrylib:2026.000003@v2

  7. 95C3 · formal · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    For normally distributed demand sizes with fixed location, the maximiser in the variance of the entropy-augmented likelihood is T1Tσ^2\frac{T_1}{T}\hat\sigma^2, where σ^2=1T1∑Ot=1et2\hat\sigma^2=\frac{1}{T_1}\sum_{O_t=1}e_t^2 is the fixed point of the EM algorithm, TT the number of periods and T1T_1 the number of periods with observed sizes.

    The observed-data likelihood of ADAM and iETS with unobserved periods · entrylib:2026.000003@v2

  8. 94C1 · descriptive · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    With the true orders and true parameters, the MSARIMA analytic interval is calibrated over the 99 quantiles in the known-model simulation at TT of 100 and 300: MCE lies between 0.0007 and 0.0024 and the ratio of the interval width to the theoretical width between 0.9965 and 1.0019, with backcasting and with optimal initial states.

    Calibration of the prediction intervals of AutoMSARIMA in smooth on M1, M3, Tourism and M4 · entrylib:2026.000001@v3

  9. 93C1 · descriptive · principal · novelty: refutes earlier work, by the authors

    The per-lag check accepted all 3042 ETS(A,N,A) grid models, 1482 of which do not have decaying weights, and 193 of 200 random GUM models with lags (1, 12), 10 of which do not have decaying weights.

    Admissibility of lagged state space models through the ARIMA form of the whole model · entrylib:2026.000002@v3

  10. 92C26 · methodological · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    On 1,000 further random ETS+ARIMA models, the bounds checker of adam() in R and of ADAM in Python with bounds="admissible", which run smoothEigensCpp() on the whole model, gave the same admissibility decision as the prototype check of the whole model on every model, and a penalty slope (the largest root modulus) within the bisection tolerance of it in both families.

    Admissibility of lagged state space models through the ARIMA form of the whole model · entrylib:2026.000002@v3

  11. 92C4 · formal · principal · novelty: extends earlier work, by the authors

    For a pure additive single source of error model with normal errors and unobserved periods, the SSOE Kalman filter gives zt∣Yt−1∼𝒩(𝐰′𝐚t,σ2ft)z_t\mid Y_{t-1}\sim\mathcal N(\mathbf w'\mathbf a_t,\sigma^2 f_t) at the observed periods, the exact observed-data log-likelihood −12∑Ot=1[log⁡(2πσ2ft)+vt2σ2ft],-\frac12\sum_{O_t=1}\left[\log(2\pi\sigma^2f_t)+\frac{v_t^2}{\sigma^2f_t}\right], and the concentrated variance σ^2=1T1∑Ot=1vt2ft.\hat\sigma^2=\frac{1}{T_1}\sum_{O_t=1}\frac{v_t^2}{f_t}.

    The observed-data likelihood of ADAM and iETS with unobserved periods · entrylib:2026.000003@v2

  12. 92C5 · formal · principal · novelty: refutes earlier work, by the authors

    For pure additive single source of error models with normal errors and unobserved periods, if ci=𝐰′𝐅i−1𝐠≠0c_i=\mathbf w'\mathbf F^{i-1}\mathbf g\neq0 for some ii shorter than an interval, the zero-error recursion likelihood is not the observed-data likelihood and its maximiser in the error variance is in general not the maximum likelihood estimate, because at the observed period after such an interval the recursion uses the error variance σ2\sigma^2 instead of σ2ft>σ2\sigma^2f_t>\sigma^2.

    The observed-data likelihood of ADAM and iETS with unobserved periods · entrylib:2026.000003@v2

  13. 91C6 · formal · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    For the ADAM multiplicative ETS with the log-normal distribution and unobserved periods, the SSOE Kalman filter applied to log⁡zt\log z_t, with the known error mean −s/2-s/2 added to the prediction and, multiplied by 𝐠\mathbf g, to the propagation, gives the exact observed-data likelihood, and the maximum likelihood scale ss is the positive root of (∑bt2ft)s2+T1s−∑(vt0)2ft=0,\Big(\sum \frac{b_t^2}{f_t}\Big)s^2+T_1s-\sum\frac{(v_t^0)^2}{f_t}=0, where vt(s)=vt0+sbtv_t(s)=v_t^0+sb_t is the filter's prediction error.

    The observed-data likelihood of ADAM and iETS with unobserved periods · entrylib:2026.000003@v2

  14. 91C7 · formal · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    For the ADAM multiplicative ETS with the log-normal distribution and all periods observed, the maximum likelihood estimate of the scale is s^=2(1+m−1)\hat s=2(\sqrt{1+m}-1) with m=1T1∑log2⁡(1+ϵt)m=\frac{1}{T_1}\sum\log^2(1+\epsilon_t).

    The observed-data likelihood of ADAM and iETS with unobserved periods · entrylib:2026.000003@v2

  15. 91C8 · formal · principal · novelty: refutes earlier work, by the authors

    The log-normal scale estimator 2(1−1−m)2(1-\sqrt{1-m}) used in ADAM, with m=1T1∑log2⁡(1+ϵt)m=\frac{1}{T_1}\sum\log^2(1+\epsilon_t), is not the maximum likelihood estimator: it overestimates the scale ss by about 35% at s=0.5s=0.5 (0.677 against 0.5 when m=s+s2/4m=s+s^2/4) and is undefined for m>1m>1.

    The observed-data likelihood of ADAM and iETS with unobserved periods · entrylib:2026.000003@v2

  16. 91C11 · methodological · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    The smooth package for R and Python implements the observed-data likelihood without the entropy term, the SSOE Kalman filter for the pure additive models with the normal distribution and in logarithms for the ADAM multiplicative ETS with the log-normal distribution, the normal-drift mixture density with moment-equation scales for the other pure multiplicative models, and the corrected log-normal scale, in one C++ routine shared by both languages.

    The observed-data likelihood of ADAM and iETS with unobserved periods · entrylib:2026.000003@v2

  17. 90C24 · descriptive · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    On 1,000 new random ADAM ETS+ARIMA models (500 with ARIMA at lag 1, 500 with seasonal ARIMA), checking the ETS part and the ARIMA polynomials apart, as adam() did with bounds="admissible", gave an admissibility decision different from the PBH reference of the whole model on about a third of the models in each family, accepting models that are not forecastable and rejecting models that are.

    Admissibility of lagged state space models through the ARIMA form of the whole model · entrylib:2026.000002@v3

  18. 90C25 · methodological · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    On the same 1,000 random ETS+ARIMA models, the check of the whole model (the MA polynomial of the ARIMA form of the whole lagged SSOE after cyclotomic cancellation, with the AR polynomial of the ARIMA part stationary), gave the same admissibility decision as the PBH reference on every model, and the same largest modulus to within rounding error on the models both found inadmissible.

    Admissibility of lagged state space models through the ARIMA form of the whole model · entrylib:2026.000002@v3

  19. 88C4 · methodological · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    On 575 random additive ETS and GUM models, including ETS models with up to two seasonal lags from {24, 168, 365} whose generator allows MA polynomial degrees up to 536, the step-down test on the MA polynomial after cyclotomic cancellation gave an admissibility decision different from the roots of that polynomial on 0 models.

    Admissibility of lagged state space models through the ARIMA form of the whole model · entrylib:2026.000002@v3

  20. 88C16 · methodological · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    On 800 random additive ETS and GUM models in four families, the implementation of the check in smooth (smoothEigensCpp() through smoothEigensR()) gave the same decision as the numpy prototype on every model, a largest root modulus within the bisection tolerance of it on the models both found inadmissible, and the same modulus and MA polynomial on three consecutive calls with each model.

    Admissibility of lagged state space models through the ARIMA form of the whole model · entrylib:2026.000002@v3

  21. 83C2 · descriptive · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    On the M4 sample, the 80% coverage of AutoMSARIMA falls with the level ratio: 0.813, 0.700 and 0.554 from the lowest to the highest of the level terciles, while ETS(MNN) of ETS forced and selected, whose error scale follows the level, covers 0.764, 0.778 and 0.814.

    Calibration of the prediction intervals of AutoMSARIMA in smooth on M1, M3, Tourism and M4 · entrylib:2026.000001@v3

  22. 79C5 · descriptive · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    On the fresh M4 sample, auto.adam error selection lowers MCE from 0.0352 to 0.0224 and the spread of 80% coverage over the level terciles from 0.272 to 0.077 against R auto.msarima (AutoMSARIMA), short of the planned reduction of MCE to 0.6 times that of auto.msarima, so the planned test is inconclusive.

    Calibration of the prediction intervals of AutoMSARIMA in smooth on M1, M3, Tourism and M4 · entrylib:2026.000001@v3

  23. 78C3 · descriptive · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    On the M4 sample, the log-normal ARIMA with the orders AutoMSARIMA selects removes the fall of 80% coverage over the level terciles (0.774, 0.783 and 0.752, a spread of 0.031) and lowers MCE from 0.0386 to 0.0177.

    Calibration of the prediction intervals of AutoMSARIMA in smooth on M1, M3, Tourism and M4 · entrylib:2026.000001@v3

  24. 77C1 · descriptive · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    Requests in the arranging and instrumentation theme make up less than 10% of MuseScore feature requests: the share of issues in theme was 0.0459 on the held-out set.

    What MuseScore users ask for: unmet needs around arranging and parts · entrylib:2026.000004@v1

  25. 77C2 · descriptive · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    Requests in the notation and engraving theme did not receive more total reactions on issues in theme than every other theme on the held-out set: they received 215 reactions, against 250 for the input, workflow and interface theme.

    What MuseScore users ask for: unmet needs around arranging and parts · entrylib:2026.000004@v1

  26. 73C4 · descriptive · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    On known models, the AutoMSARIMA interval of smooth 1.3.0 is calibrated no worse than that of 1.0.8 (smooth 1.0.8 and 1.3.0): at T=100T = 100 in the known-model simulation its MCE is 0.0100 against 0.0120 with estimated parameters, 0.0139 against 0.0172 with selected orders and 0.0085 against 0.0246 with optimal initial states.

    Calibration of the prediction intervals of AutoMSARIMA in smooth on M1, M3, Tourism and M4 · entrylib:2026.000001@v3

  27. 60C6 · interpretive · principal · novelty: new, by the authors

    The wider intervals of ETS than of AutoMSARIMA on the benchmark come from the multiplicative-error models in the ETS pool of ETS forced and selected, not from how either package computes the interval.

    Calibration of the prediction intervals of AutoMSARIMA in smooth on M1, M3, Tourism and M4 · entrylib:2026.000001@v3