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Jacob Thompson
Jacob Thompson on 30 Apr 2020
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bet = .2;
rho = .8;
gam = 0.06;
particles = 50000;
N = particles;
Time = 150;
T = Time;
y = zeros(particles,T);
e_y = zeros(particles,T);
u = zeros(N,T);
e = normrnd(0,1,[N,T]);
v = normrnd(0,1,[N,T]);
u(:,1) = e(:,1);
phi = [0,inv(1-bet*rho)]';
R_t = eye(2);
for i = 2:T
u(:,i) = rho*u(:,i-1) + e(:,i);
end
for n = 1:N
for i = 2:T
x = [1,u(i-1)]';
phi = phi + gam*inv(R_t)*x*(y(n,i-1)-phi'*x)';
R_t = R_t + gam*(x*x' - R_t);
e_y(n,i) = phi(1) + phi(2)*rho*u(n,i);
y(n,i) = bet*e_y(n,i) + u(n,i) + v(n,i);
end
end
toc
In the code above I am attempting to simulate a VAR process that is driven by two gaussian processes, one of which enters to create an autoregressive process. My goal is to efficiently and repeatedly simulate this VAR model in order to use a particle filter to estimate the parameters. As it is written now, however, simulating the model this many times requires about 45 seconds of computer time, which renders any simulation-based estimation procedure hopeless.

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