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gmvarkit (version 1.4.1)

regime_distance: Calculate "distance" between two (scaled) regimes υm=(ϕm,0,ϕm,σm)

Description

regime_distance calculates "distance" between two scaled regimes. This is used in the genetic algorithm.

Usage

regime_distance(regime_pars1, regime_pars2)

Arguments

regime_pars1

a length pd2+d+d(d+1)/2 vector υm=(ϕm,0,ϕm,σm).

regime_pars2

a length pd2+d+d(d+1)/2 vector υm=(ϕm,0,ϕm,σm).

Value

Returns "distance" between regime_pars1 and regime_pars2. Values are scaled before calculating the "distance". Read the source code for more details.

Warning

No argument checks!

References

  • Kalliovirta L., Meitz M. and Saikkonen P. 2016. Gaussian mixture vector autoregression. Journal of Econometrics, 192, 485-498.

  • Virolainen S. 2020. Structural Gaussian mixture vector autoregressive model. Unpublished working paper, available as arXiv:2007.04713.