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What is a Literature Review? A literature review surveys scholarly articles, books, dissertations, conference proceedings and other resources which are relevant to a particular issue, area of research, or theory and provides context for a dissertation by identifying past research. Research tells a story and the existing literature helps us identify where we are in the story currently. It is up to those writing a dissertation to continue that story with new research and new perspectives but they must first be familiar with the story before they can move forward. Purpose of a Literature Review - Identifies gaps in current knowledge - Helps you to avoid reinventing the wheel by discovering the research already conducted on a topic - Sets the background on what has been explored on a topic so far - Increases your breadth of knowledge in your area of research - Helps you identify seminal works in your area - Allows you to provide the intellectual context for your work and position your research with other, related research -...

The Literature Review of Time Series, multivariate time series lag