[Gretl-users] matrix no positive definite
Dear All,
I have a problem with running a VAR: i selected three
endogenous variables and one dummy as exogenous, 8 lags chosen by lag
selection option, with constant, trend and robust error options
selected, but gretl is saying to me matrix is no positive definite: how
can I sort this issue out?
Thanks
Regards
Mirko
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Da: paolo.chirico(a)unito.it
Data: 30/05/2012 10.57
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Ogg: Re: [Gretl-users] problem
with kalman filter
Il 29/05/2012 18.39, Allin Cottrell ha scritto:
On Tue, 29 May 2012, Paolo Chirico wrote:
Then you do:
Allin Cottrell
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You are right.
I have corrected
the script and now it' ok.
Thanks
Paolo
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> I have run the following
script for local linear model with quarterly
> seasonality:
[snip]
you define a matrix Q:
matrix Q = {s1^2, 0, 0, 0, 0; \
0, s2^2, 0, 0, 0; \
0, 0, s3^2, 0, 0; \
> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0; \
> 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
>
> kalman
> obsy y
> obsymat z
> statemat
T
> obsvar r
> statevar Q
> end kalman --diffuse
>
> mle
ll = ERR ? NA : $kalman_llt
> ERR = kfilter()
> params r s1
s2 s3
> end mle
mle is spinning its wheels: you haven't provided any
means of
updating your Q matrix based on the current values of s1, s2
and s3.
You need to insert, just before the call to kfilter()
Q[1,1] = s1^2
Q[2,2] = s2^2
Q[3,3] = s3^2
> (There may be other problems but that's the most obvious one.)
>
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