Time series in R

1. How do you do a time series in R?
2. Is R good for time series analysis?
3. What package is time series in R?

How do you do a time series in R?

Creating a time series

The ts() function will convert a numeric vector into an R time series object. The format is ts(vector, start=, end=, frequency=) where start and end are the times of the first and last observation and frequency is the number of observations per unit time (1=annual, 4=quartly, 12=monthly, etc.).

Is R good for time series analysis?

R has many useful functions and packages for time series analysis. You'll find pointers to them in the task view for Time Series Analysis.

What package is time series in R?

The forecast package is the most used package in R for time series forecasting. It contains functions for performing decomposition and forecasting with exponential smoothing, arima, moving average models, and so forth.