ABSTRACT

In this chapter, various aspects of the classification of time series and the

objectives of time series modeling considered in this book are discussed.

There are various types of time series, and it is very important to find out

the characteristics of a time series by carefully looking at graphs of the

data before proceeding to the modeling and analysis phase. In the second

half of the chapter, we shall consider variousways of pre-processing time

series that will be applied before proceeding to time series modeling.

Finally, the organization of the book is described.