Analysis of autocorrelation function of stochastic processes by F-transform of higher degree

The autocorrelation function of a stochastic process is one of the essential mathematical tools in the description of variability that is successfully applied in many scientific fields such as signal processing or financial time series analysis and forecasting. The aim of the paper is to provide an analysis of fuzzy transform of higher degree applied to stochastic processes with a focus on its autocorrelation function. We introduce a higher-degree fuzzy transform of a stochastic process and investigate its basic properties. Further, we introduce a higher-degree fuzzy transform of bivariate functions in the tensor product of polynomial spaces and demonstrate its approximation ability. In addition, we show that the bivariate higher-degree fuzzy transform of multiplicative separable functions is a product of univariate fuzzy transform of the respective functions, which is a desirable property in the processing of functions of higher dimensions. The obtained results are used to demonstrate an interesting identity between the autocorrelation function of the fuzzy transform of a stochastic process and the bivariate fuzzy transform of the autocorrelation function of the stochastic process. This identity provides two ways to determine the autocorrelation function of the fuzzy transform of a stochastic process, which can be useful, especially in a situation where its direct calculation becomes complex or even impossible, for example, the calculation of a sample autocorrelation function.