Hyndman–Fan Taxonomy

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Presented in hyndman1996.

TypehEquation
1$np$$x_{(\hc)}$
2$np+1/2$$(x_{(\lceil h - 1/2 \rceil)} + x_{(\lceil h + 1/2 \rceil)})/2$
3$np$$x_{(\hr)}$
4$np$$x_{(\hf)}+(h-\hf)(x_{(\hc)} - x_{(\hf)})$
5$np+1/2$$x_{(\hf)}+(h-\hf)(x_{(\hc)} - x_{(\hf)})$
6$(n+1)p$$x_{(\hf)}+(h-\hf)(x_{(\hc)} - x_{(\hf)})$
7$(n-1)p+1$$x_{(\hf)}+(h-\hf)(x_{(\hc)} - x_{(\hf)})$
8$(n+1/3)p+1/3$$x_{(\hf)}+(h-\hf)(x_{(\hc)} - x_{(\hf)})$
9$(n+1/4)p+3/8$$x_{(\hf)}+(h-\hf)(x_{(\hc)} - x_{(\hf)})$
Table : The Hyndman–Fan taxonomy of quantile estimators