arch.univariate.APARCH.backcast

APARCH.backcast(resids: ndarray[Any, dtype[float64]]) float | ndarray[Any, dtype[float64]]

Construct values for backcasting to start the recursion

Parameters:
resids: ndarray[Any, dtype[float64]]

Vector of (approximate) residuals

Returns:

backcast – Value to use in backcasting in the volatility recursion

Return type:

float