série (in this context)

English translation: series

19:51 Apr 25, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Investment / Securities / terminology
Portuguese term or phrase: série (in this context)
This is a paper on how future finacial markets are or can be influenced in the long term by their past history (ie Boom and Bust - The Hurst Exponent).
I am not sure how the word 'série' should be translated in this context?

A dependência que os valores futuros de uma série têm dos valores passados é, geralmente relevante
Andrew Hunt
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:22
English translation:series
Explanation:
According to the Business Dictionary (http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/autocorrelated-...

Autocorrelated time series
Definition: In which the current value of the series depends on its past value.

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time series forecast
Definition
Prediction based on the assumption that the trend of variations in the value of a variable will continue to recur in the future; that tomorrow will more or less resemble yesterday and today.

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forgot the link for the last one: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/time-series-for...
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Sheila Gomes
Brazil
Local time: 19:22
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Thks Sheila
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4 +8series
Sheila Gomes
4it's a chronological series
Clauwolf


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
series


Explanation:
According to the Business Dictionary (http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/autocorrelated-...

Autocorrelated time series
Definition: In which the current value of the series depends on its past value.

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Note added at 7 mins (2011-04-25 19:58:44 GMT)
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time series forecast
Definition
Prediction based on the assumption that the trend of variations in the value of a variable will continue to recur in the future; that tomorrow will more or less resemble yesterday and today.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 7 mins (2011-04-25 19:59:14 GMT)
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forgot the link for the last one: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/time-series-for...

Sheila Gomes
Brazil
Local time: 19:22
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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Thks Sheila

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
it's a chronological series


Explanation:
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