Random draw from multivariate Normal

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Random draw from multivariate Normal

Postby EViews Esther » Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:44 am

Below is a subroutine to produce a sample from the specified multivariate normal distribution. Comments are welcomed.

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'command: vector(k) y; vector(k) mean; sym(k) cov; mvrnd(y, mean, cov)
will generate a multivariate normal random variate y
'Inputs: mean --- k-by-1 mean vector
'         cov --- k-by-k symmetric covariance
'Outputs: y = k-by-1 normal draw from the multivariate normal distribution
subroutine local mvnrnd(vector y, vector mean, sym cov)
   !n = @rows(cov)
   if !n = 1 then
      y = mean + @transpose(@sqrt(cov))*@mnrnd(!n,1)
   else if !n > 1 then
      matrix cc = @cholesky(cov)
      y = mean + @transpose(cc)*@mnrnd(!n,1)
   endif
   endif
endsub

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