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Error using chol

PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 4:03 pm
by braz67
I'm a pretty new user and I'm playing around with some codes, actually without paying too much attention to the actual data I plugged in.....

May the error

Error using chol
Matrix must be positive definite.

depend "simply" from me being inaccurate with actual data ?

Re: Error using chol

PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:51 am
by jpfeifer
There is a whole bunch of issues that could cause this, but wrong data is a prime reason.

Re: Error using chol

PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:24 am
by cjcostaj
When you talk about data, what really matters?
The way left it stationary. Whether the data are quality.
And how does it to find the cause of this problem?
Is there a literature on the subject?

Re: Error using chol

PostPosted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 10:12 am
by jpfeifer
I am referring to an incorrectly specified observation equation, see Pfeifer(2013): "A Guide to Specifying Observation Equations for the Estimation of DSGE Models" https://sites.google.com/site/pfeiferecon/Pfeifer_2013_Observation_Equations.pdf.