The period of the Fourier terms is determined from the time series
characteristics of x
. When h
is missing, the length of
x
also determines the number of rows for the matrix returned by
fourier
. Otherwise, the value of h
determines the number of
rows for the matrix returned by fourier
, typically used for
forecasting. The values within x
are not used.
Typical use would omit h
when generating Fourier terms fitting a model
and include h
when generating Fourier terms for forecasting.
When x
is a ts
object, the value of K
should be an
integer and specifies the number of sine and cosine terms to return. Thus,
the matrix returned has 2*K
columns.
When x
is a msts
object, then K
should be a vector of
integers specifying the number of sine and cosine terms for each of the
seasonal periods. Then the matrix returned will have 2*sum(K)
columns.