6.10 Further reading

• A detailed modern discussion of SEATS and X11 decomposition methods is provided by Dagum & Bianconcini (2016).
• R. B. Cleveland, Cleveland, McRae, & Terpenning (1990) introduced STL, and still provides the best description of the algorithm.
• For a discussion of forecasting using STL, see Theodosiou (2011).

Bibliography

Cleveland, R. B., Cleveland, W. S., McRae, J. E., & Terpenning, I. J. (1990). STL: A seasonal-trend decomposition procedure based on loess. Journal of Official Statistics, 6(1), 3–33. http://bit.ly/stl1990

Dagum, E. B., & Bianconcini, S. (2016). Seasonal adjustment methods and real time trend-cycle estimation. Springer. [Amazon]

Theodosiou, M. (2011). Forecasting monthly and quarterly time series using STL decomposition. International Journal of Forecasting, 27(4), 1178–1195. [DOI]