Chris Chatfield is a retired Reader in Statistics at the University of Bath, UK, the author of five books and numerous research papers, and an elected Honorary Fellow of the International Institute of Forecasters. Haipeng Xing is an associate professor in Applied Mathematics and Statistics at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA, the author of two books and numerous research papers. His research interests include quantitative finance and risk management, econometrics, applied stochastic control, and sequential statistical methodology.
Chris Chatfield has already written some popular books in statistics. Haipeng Xing is also a renowned researcher in statistics with more than 8000 citation. Efforts have been made by both authors to publish reliable data and information relating to different applications... The best part of the book is that some exercises are explained explicitly with sufficient hints. The authors also review several books on time series by other researchers from 1971 to 2010...Overall, this book is a balanced and comprehensive introduction to the theory, implementation, and practice of time series analysis in a wide range of topics. The book is intended for masters and undergraduate students in mathematics, probability, economics, statistics, astrophysics, biomedical engineering, and neuroscience. However, students who are early in a relevant PhD programme should also read this book to gain fundamental background knowledge. - Chitaranjan Mahapatra, ISCB News, July 2020