Yes, but you'll need to learn vector (multivariate) time series methods. See, perhaps firstly, B Pfaff's book and corresponding R packages. It's dense, but not too long and will get you going the right way. Terms like VAR and VECM will help guide your googling
Michael On Oct 25, 2012, at 8:34 AM, <james.fo...@diamond.ac.uk> wrote: > Apologies in advance for the basic nature of my question. > I've never worked with time series, but I am, at present, dealing > with evolution in time of certain scalar quantities. > > By looking at the plots, scalar quantity vs time, for several of these > quantities, I am observing a correlation of "events" happening at specific, > non-regularly spaced instants of time. The fact of observing them in all > plots, to me means that they are due to some kind of objective physical > cause. > > My question is: are there well known and effective methods in time series > analysis > to extract such occurrences from multiple series? Is there any package in R > that deals > with this? > > Kind regards, > > J > > -- > This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential...{{dropped:8}} > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.