EMiter_HMmdl

This function performs the one iteration (E-step and M-step) of the Expectation Maximization algorithm for a Hidden Markov model.

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Implementation of hypothesis testing procedures described in Hansen (1992) <doi:10.1002/jae.3950070506>, Carrasco, Hu, & Ploberger (2014) <doi:10.3982/ECTA8609>, Dufour & Luger (2017) <doi:10.1080/07474938.2017.1307548>, and Rodriguez Rondon & Dufour (2024) <https://grodriguezrondon.com/files/RodriguezRondon_Dufour_2024_MonteCarlo_LikelihoodRatioTest_MarkovSwitchingModels_20241015.pdf> that can be used to identify the number of regimes in Markov switching models.

Gabriel Rodriguez Rondon

MSTest

Hypothesis Testing for Markov Switching Models

Jean-Marie Dufour

EMiter_HMmdl function

<dl><dt>mdl</dt>
<dd>List with model attributes.</dd>
<dt>EMest_output</dt>
<dd>List with attributes from previous iteration.</dd>
<dt>k</dt>
<dd>Integer determining the number of regimes.</dd></dl>

Arguments

EM algorithm iteration for Hidden Markov model — EMiter_HMmdl

<dl>

<dt>mdl</dt>
<dd>List with model attributes.</dd>


<dt>EMest_output</dt>
<dd>List with attributes from previous iteration.</dd>


<dt>k</dt>
<dd>Integer determining the number of regimes.</dd>

</dl>

EMiter_HMmdl: EM algorithm iteration for Hidden Markov model

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