Statistical analysis of dyadic stationary processes

In this paper we consider a multiple dyadic stationary process with the Walsh spectral density matrix f(), where is an unknown parameter vector. We define a quasi-maximum likelihood estimator % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-qqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xHapdbiqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGabeiUdyaaja% aaaa!377D![{rm{hat theta }}] of , and give the asymptotic distribution of % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-qqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xHapdbiqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGabeiUdyaaja% aaaa!377D![{rm{hat theta }}] under appropriate conditions. Then we propose an information criterion which determines the order of the model, and show that this criterion gives a consistent order estimate. As for a finite order dyadic autoregressive model, we propose a simpler order determination criterion, and discuss its asymptotic properties in detail. This criterion gives a strong consistent order estimate. In Section 5 we discuss testing whether an unknown parameter satisfies a linear restriction. Then we give the asymptotic distribution of the likelihood ratio criterion under the null hypothesis.This work is supported by Contract N00014-85-K-0292 of the Office of Naval Research and Contract F49620-85-C-0008 of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The United States Government is authorized to reproduce and distribute reprints for governmental purposes notwithstanding any copyright notations hereon.The work of this author was done at the Center for Multivariate Analysis. His permanent address is Department of Mathematics, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 730, Japan.