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The seasonal ARIMA$(p,d,q)(P,D,Q)_m$ process is given by
$$
\Phi(B^m)\phi(B)(1-B^{m})^D(1-B)^dy_{t} = c + \Theta(B^m)\theta(B)\varepsilon_t
$$
where $\Phi(z)$ and $\Theta(z)$ are polynomials of orders $P$ and
$Q$ respectively, each containing no roots inside the unit circle.
If $c\ne0$, there is an implied polynomial of order $d+D$ in the
forecast function.
The main task in automatic ARIMA forecasting is selecting an
appropriate model order, that is the values $p$, $q$, $P$, $Q$, $D$,
$d$. If $d$ and $D$ are known, we can select the orders $p$, $q$,
$P$ and $Q$ via an information criterion such as the AIC:
$$\mbox{AIC} = -2\log(L) + 2(p+q+P+Q+k)$$
where $k=1$ if $c\ne0$ and 0 otherwise, and $L$ is the maximized
likelihood of the model fitted to the \emph{differenced} data
$(1-B^m)^D(1-B)^dy_t$. The likelihood of the full model for $y_t$
is not actually defined and so the value of the AIC for different
levels of differencing are not comparable.
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