In statistics and signal processing, an autoregressive (AR) model is a representation of a type of random process; it describes the relationships of values at prior times to those of current times (as well as for covariates) during time-varying processes in nature, economics, etc.
In statistics and signal processing, an autoregressive (AR) model is a representation of a type of random process; as such, it describes certain time-varying processes in nature, economics, etc.
The autoregressive model specifies that the output variable depends linearly on its own previous values. It is a special case of the more general ARMA model of time series.
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoregressive_model