A review of model selection procedures in hidden Markov models reveals contrasting evidence about the reliability and the accuracy of the most commonly used methods. In order to evaluate and compare existing proposals, we develop a Monte Carlo experiment which allows a powerful insight on the behavior of the most widespread model selection methods.We find that the number of observations, the conditional state-dependent probabilities, and the latent transition matrix are the main factors influencing information criteria and likelihood ratio test results. We also find evidence that, for shorter univariate time series, AIC strongly outperforms BIC.

M. Costa, L. De Angelis (2010). Model selection in hidden Markov models: a simulation study. Bologna : Alma DL [10.6092/unibo/amsacta/2909].

Model selection in hidden Markov models: a simulation study

COSTA, MICHELE;DE ANGELIS, LUCA
2010

Abstract

A review of model selection procedures in hidden Markov models reveals contrasting evidence about the reliability and the accuracy of the most commonly used methods. In order to evaluate and compare existing proposals, we develop a Monte Carlo experiment which allows a powerful insight on the behavior of the most widespread model selection methods.We find that the number of observations, the conditional state-dependent probabilities, and the latent transition matrix are the main factors influencing information criteria and likelihood ratio test results. We also find evidence that, for shorter univariate time series, AIC strongly outperforms BIC.
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M. Costa, L. De Angelis (2010). Model selection in hidden Markov models: a simulation study. Bologna : Alma DL [10.6092/unibo/amsacta/2909].
M. Costa; L. De Angelis
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