New function: rank.select() and derived lags.select(): compute therank and lags according to AC/BIC criteria.
New function: rank.test() for Johansen LR rank test, using gammaapproximated p-values.
New function: fevd() and irf() from package vars are nowavailable.
New function: predict() now implemented for linear multivariatemodels.
New function: predict_rolling(): allow rolling forecasts, usingsub-samples.
New function: VARrep(): VAR representation of a VECM, or of a VAR indifferences.
New function: VECM.sim(): wrapper of TVECM.sim()
New function: VAR.sim(): wrapper of renamed TVAR.gen()
New function: VAR.boot(): wrapper of renamed TVAR.gen()
New argument: fitted() can be retunred either as in the model (sosometimes in diff) or on the original series with arg “level”.
New argument: VAR.sim() can now fix seed when generating/resampinginnovations, with arg “seed”.
New argument: predict() now can predict using bootstrap or MC, witharg “type”.
New argument: lineVar() can compute also model with type=“ADF” as inunivariate case.
New argument: AIC, BIC are corrected and have new argumentfitMeasure.
New help page: document lokLik()
New test page: nlar-methods.
New test page: VAR.
Correct bug: Correct bug in resVar()
minor: TVECM.sim(): print more information on input coefficientmatrix when demanded.
minor: plot.setar(): change lty
minor: adapt citation to new person() function.
minor: adapt documentation pages for cross-links to other packagesusing
minor: corrections in VECM() for restricted constant and interceptsin MLE.
minor: corrections in VECM() for restricted constant and interceptsin OLS.
minor: getTh() now alos works for linear multivariate models.
Version 0.8-1: MatthieuStigler (13/02/2012)
minor: avoid partial matching in call to legend() inTVECM.HStest
minor: re-run tests with newest R 2.14 in english
minor: move vignettes from /inst/doc to new folder vignettes/
Version 0.8: MatthieuStigler (12/02/2012)
New feature: Add argument include in lstar: possibility to estimatelstar with constant, none, trend or both.
New feature: Add argument starting.control in lstar: possibility tospecify grid search parameters
New feature: Add argument hpc in selectSETAR to run on parallelcores.
Minor: add explicit warning in lstar when grid search selectbound.
Minor: add explicit warning in lstar when optim code is 1,referencing argument maxit.
Minor: Cleaning of help files, correcting many typos.
Version 0.7-62:Matthieu Stigler (19/12/2011)
Add standard errors for lstar()
Minor: change sd(matrix) to apply(matrix,2,sd) (chage in R2.14)
Minor: change partial argument matching in a few calls
Minor: correct vignette ThCointegration
Version 0.7-61:Matthieu Stigler (02/08/2011)
TVECM: allow for K>2 variables when the cointegrating vector ispre-specified
TVECM summary: change output, adding newlines after coint vector andpercentage of observations
Version 0.7-6: MatthieuStigler (14/05/2011)
correct bug in star (bugreport by Petri H) by Christoph B
change return value of star() in case of no star regime detected:returns linear object instead of series itself
Version 0.7-52:Matthieu Stigler (08/05/2011)
add tests for lstar
correct lstar so that optim function re-evaluate each time linearparameters
remove VECM.Rout as useless
Version 0.7-51: MatthieuStigler
update NAMESPACE as previous (0.7-50) did not work
add VECM.Rout
add econometrica .bst and amsplain.bst
Version 0.7-50:Matthieu Stigler (30/03/2011)
remove own BIC function and use that of pkg nlme, as recommend byProf Ripley
fix bug in Rd files, and description (missing suggest packages)
fix bug in ‘autopairs’ and ‘autotriples’: bogus ‘showvalue’ optionwas passed to the ‘scale’ widget (bugreport by Budi Hari Priyanto)
Version 0.7-40:Matthieu Stigler (11/08/2010)
Add paralell option for TVAR.LRtest(), setarTest(),TVECM.Seotest()
regime() works also for nlVar, also add arguments initVal andtimeAttr
RENAME function TVECM.HSTest in TVECM.HStest
correct bug in TVECM.HSTest
Version 0.7-30:Matthieu Stigler (30/06/2010)
Add function TVECM.HStest (before was HanSeo_TVECM). Has newargument hpc for parallel computing.
Add function VECM(), simple wrapper for lineVar(…,model=“VECM”)
Add Johansen estimator for VECM()
Add methods AIC, BIC, logLik for class VECM
Correct numerous bugs
Version 0.7-23:Matthieu Stigler (01/04/2010)
correct bug TVAR.sim
export function VAR.sim, simpler wrapper for TVAR.sim
Version 0.7-22:Matthieu Stigler (22/02/2010)
correct bug in HanSeo_TVECM, which can now be used (but still notexported)
Version 0.7-2: MatthieuStigler (20/02/2010)
Correct degrees of freedom for VAR covariance matrix
Standardize output of lineVar with lm
update slightly vignette
add specific vignette on threshold cointegration
Version 0.7-1: MatthieuStigler (04/09/2009)
Change args of TVECM from nn to ngridBeta, from ngridG to ngridTh,model to common
Add functions regime to extract variabl indicating state regime
Add function getTh to extract threshold values
Adapt toLatex.setar to handle MTAR models. Still needsimprovement
Fix bugs in TVECM, in HansSeo_TVECM and in setar
Version 0.7-0: MatthieuStigler (02/07/2009)
added possibilty to have two thresolds and hence three regimes insetar and selectSETAR (arg nthresh)
created new functions for unit roots tests: KapShinTest() andBBCTest()
created new functions for estimating VAR and VECM: lineVar
created new function for estimating TVECM: function TVECM()
created new function for estimating TVAR: function TVAR()
created new function to test for setar: function setarTest()
created new function to test for TVAR: function TVAR.LRtest()
created new function to test for TVECM: functions TVECM.SeoTest()and HanSeo_TVECM()
created new function to simulate/bootstrap a TVAR: functionTVAR.sim()
created new function to simulate/bootstrap a TVECM: functionTVECM.sim()
created new function to simulate/bootstrap a setar: functionsetar.sim()
created new function to estimate regime-specific variance in setar:function resVar()
created new function to extend a bootstrap replication in setarTest:function extendBoot()
added ‘zeroyld’ dataset
added ‘unemp’ dataset
added ‘IIPUs’ dataset
added in selectSETAR() and setar() following args: include, common,model, trim, MM, ML, MH, model, restriction
added MakeThSpec() function for specification of the threshold inthe search
added in selectSETAR(): criterion “SSR” (sum of squares residual)and argument max.iter
extended arg th in selectSETAR to search inside an intervall oraround a point or on the whole grid
added k parameter to the AIC method and fixed a bug
standardized license naming in description
fixed typo in print.star
Version 0.6-1: AntonioFabio di Narzo
fixed CITATION file to the new R format
fixed bug in nnetTs: control args were not passed to ‘nnet’ fitterreported by prof. Joachim Zietz
fixed bug in llar.predict (spotted by Markus Gross)
Version 0.6-0: AntonioFabio di Narzo
fixed Matrix dependency in DESCRIPTION
added minimal docs for newly created internal objects
added STAR model option to the tcltk GUI
added a new STAR-fitting function with automatic selection of thenumber of regimes
fixed bugs in lstar
fixed bugs in some internal functions
added google codebase project URL to DESCRIPTION
Version 0.5-6: AntonioFabio di Narzo
fixed bug in setar model when mL and/or mH=0
Version 0.5-5 released
fixed bug in lstar model out-of-sample forecasting
Version 0.5-4 released
fixed some warnings issued in R-2.4.0 check script
Version 0.5-3 released
fixed some warnings issued in R-devel check script
added URL field to DESCRIPTION
Version 0.5-2 released
fixed gui design error in autopairs and autotriples
Version 0.5-1 released
added draft of internal design vignette
minor fixes in vignette, added AAR model fitting example
fixed bug in setar and lstar (introduced in version 0.5)
Version 0.5 released
added minor fixes for passing checks under R-2.3.0
added tsDyn package overview man page, with getting startedindications
upgraded vignette to the new models usage
fixed bug in plot.llar
changed llar interface to nlar models schema
eliminated nlar function: now each model has its ownfunction. Using more explicitely classes inheritance and polymorphism.Adding more nlar models now should be much simpler.
Version 0.4-1 released
updated all package dialogs to the new GUI system
written a whole (basic) object oriented GUI system, withpass-by-reference semantics
added input checking to first dialog of nlarDialog()
Version 0.4 released
added hidden ‘series’ name argument to ‘nlar’
added early version of nlarDialog, a GUI for ‘nlar’ modelfitting
fixed latex apparence of some manual pages
fixed notational errors in vignette: Z_t=Z_{t-d}, z_t changed in Z_tin LSTAR model formulation
added nlar.fit class documentation
changed text entry with slide bar in autopairs and autotriples