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Section on ARMA should include stationary distribution

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Description

The Stan reference manual's section on ARMA models could be improved by showing how to initialize an autoregression using the stationary distribution. Assuming the first few draws are drawn from the stationary distribution is common for autoregressions on panel data, where the number of lags can be similar to the number of observations for each time series.

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Start with the ARMA section in the Stan reference manual at the linked autoregressive page and review how initialization is currently explained. Add an explanation of initializing an autoregression from its stationary distribution, including the panel-data context described in the issue; the section should clearly show how the assumption is used.

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tex
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documentation
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Documentation
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4/5
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3-5 days
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