Smoothed periodogram

Description

The smoothed periodogram of the time series $y_t$ is defined by the following procedure:

  • Remove the mean
  • Apply a taper, if any

In formulae, we apply:

  • $y_{1t}=y_t-\bar y_t$
  • $\left[y_{2t}=taper(y_{1t})\right]$

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