Name

bounds — setting estimation bounds

CALLING SEQUENCE

[]=bounds(b1,b2,…, b2n-1,b2n)

PARAMETERS

Input

• a series of dates strings

Output

• Nothing: the bounds are transferred to the upper level in a (p x 1) vector by the argument resume

DESCRIPTION

Sets the bounds for a regression. The bounds remain valid until the user leaves the environment (a working space or a function). This choice can be discussed: it is not without danger, since bounds used by a program can be different from the ones the user intended to use; it mimics the Portable Troll choice and is very convenient…

EXAMPLE


bounds('1964q3','1989q2')
//example taken from hendryericsson_d: bounds range from the first quarter of 1963 to the third quarter of 1989. 

bounds('1990f52p1','1999f52d26')
// bounds brange from the first week ('f52' indicates that the frequency is set to 52) of 1990 until the 26th week of 1999.

bounds('1901a','1913a', '1919a','1939a', '1946a','2000a')
// bounds cover all the 20th century years, the period of the first (years 1914 to 1918) and second (years 1940 to 1945) world wars being excluded.
 


               

AUTHOR

Eric Dubois 2002