Synthesis of multivariate stationary series with prescribed marginal distributions and covariance using circulant matrix embedding

Authors:
Hannes Helgason;Vladas Pipiras;Patrice Abry
Affiliations:
School of Electrical Engineering, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden;Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA;Laboratoire de Physique (CNRS UMR 5672), ícole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
Venue:
Signal Processing
Year:
2011

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Abstract

The problem of synthesizing multivariate stationary series Y[n]=(Y"1[n],...,Y"P[n])^T, n@?Z, with prescribed non-Gaussian marginal distributions, and a targeted covariance structure, is addressed. The focus is on constructions based on a memoryless transformation Y"p[n]=f"p(X"p[n]) of a multivariate stationary Gaussian series X[n]=(X"1[n],...,X"P[n])^T. The mapping between the targeted covariance and that of the Gaussian series is expressed via Hermite expansions. The various choices of the transforms f"p for a prescribed marginal distribution are discussed in a comprehensive manner. The interplay between the targeted marginal distributions, the choice of the transforms f"p, and on the resulting reachability of the targeted covariance, is discussed theoretically and illustrated on examples. Also, an original practical procedure warranting positive definiteness for the transformed covariance at the price of approximating the targeted covariance is proposed, based on a simple and natural modification of the popular circulant matrix embedding technique. The applications of the proposed methodology are also discussed in the context of network traffic modeling. Matlab codes implementing the proposed synthesis procedure are publicly available at http://www.hermir.org.