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Imposing parameter restrictions on state sapce models

Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 4:57 am
by Sergio
Hi to everyone,
I'm trying to estimate a quite complex state space model and I've found problems of convergence in the estimation process that could be tackled restricting the value some of the parameters range. Is it possible to impose restrictions of this kind in a SSpace object?
0<x<1 .

Thanks a lot.
S.

Re: Imposing parameter restrictions on state sapce models

Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 11:31 am
by EViews Glenn
You can reparameterize using the @logistic or other such transformation. Simply replace the current parameter, say C(5), with @logit(C(5)). EViews will estimate the deep unrestricted parameter, while the model sees the restricted value.

Re: Imposing parameter restrictions on state sapce models

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 3:47 am
by Sergio
Thanks a lot Glenn. Always very helpful.
S.