ARIMA Model Estimated by Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Consumer Price Index Forecasting

This paper presents an ARIMA model which uses particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) for model estimation. Because the traditional estimation method is complex and may obtain very bad results, PSO which can be implemented with ease and has a powerful optimizing performance is employed to optimize the coefficients of AMNIA. In recent years, inflation and deflation plague the world moreover the consumer price index (CPI) which is a measure of the average price of consumer goods and services purchased by households is usually observed as an important indicator of the level of inflation, so the forecast of CPI has been focused on by both scientific community and relevant authorities. Furthermore, taking the forecast of CPI as a case, we illustrate the improvement of accuracy and efficiency of the new method and the result shows it is predominant in forecasting.