MSTest (version 0.1.5)

simuMSAR: Simulate Markov-switching autoregressive process

Description

This function simulates a Markov-switching autoregressive process.

Usage

simuMSAR(mdl_h0, burnin = 100)

Value

List with simulated Markov-switching autoregressive process and its DGP properties.

Arguments

mdl_h0

List containing the following DGP parameters

• n: Length of series.

• k: Number of regimes.

• mu: A (k x 1) vector with mean of process in each regime.

• sigma: A (k x 1) vector with standard deviation of process in each regime.

• phi: Vector of autoregressive coefficients.

• P: A (k x k) transition matrix (columns must sum to one).

• eps: An optional (T+burnin x q) matrix with standard normal errors to be used. Errors will be generated if not provided.

burnin

Number of simulated observations to remove from beginning. Default is 100.

Examples

set.seed(1234)
# Define DGP of MS AR process
mdl_ms2 <- list(n     = 500, 
                mu    = c(5,10),
                sigma = c(1,2),
                phi   = c(0.5, 0.2),
                k     = 2,
                P     = rbind(c(0.90, 0.10),
                              c(0.10, 0.90)))

# Simulate process using simuMSAR() function
y_ms_simu <- simuMSAR(mdl_ms2)

plot(y_ms_simu)