Re: [Gretl-users] Simulated annealing

2011-10-05 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Wed, 5 Oct 2011, Giuseppe Vittucci wrote: > to estimate PSTR models: > http://ideas.repec.org/p/uts/rpaper/165.html > a concentrated SSR must be minimized and the authors suggest to choose > the starting values by means of simulated annealing. > Reading the manual, I discovered that gretl is

Re: [Gretl-users] VAR estimation method for the Johansen test

2011-10-05 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Wed, 5 Oct 2011, Simon Ouellette wrote: > I was just wondering what estimation method is used exactly in the > Johansen_stage_1 function (the first step, VAR estimation, of the > Johansen test) of lib/var.c. From looking at the code, it seems like > it might be the 2-step Least Squares method

[Gretl-users] VAR estimation method for the Johansen test

2011-10-05 Thread Simon Ouellette
Hi, I was just wondering what estimation method is used exactly in the Johansen_stage_1 function (the first step, VAR estimation, of the Johansen test) of lib/var.c. From looking at the code, it seems like it might be the 2-step Least Squares method -- but I'm not clear on where in the code the

Re: [Gretl-users] a rather naive question on time-consuming tasks ?

2011-10-05 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Wed, 5 Oct 2011, artur bala wrote: > Le 09/09/2011 10:29, artur bala a écrit : >> On my 4-year old machine (Core Duo T2450(a)2Ghz, >> 2gb ram), it takes 0.468 seconds for 100 000 observations and 3,931 for >> 1 000 000 observations. It's simply UNBELIEVABLE. > Dear Allin, > Something weird is

Re: [Gretl-users] X-12-ARIMA build 192

2011-10-05 Thread Marcin Błażejowski
Hi Ignacio, on pure Debian testing branch "wheezy" you should install "libgfortran3" package which implements "libgfortran.so.3" library in 4.6.1 version.   On Ubuntu you should install this packagefrom"oneiric"distribution (http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/libgfortran3).   Regards, Marcin      

Re: [Gretl-users] X-12-ARIMA build 192

2011-10-05 Thread Ignacio Diaz-Emparanza
El 05/10/11 07:58, Marcin Błażejowski escribió: > Ok, > I've rebuild packages with your patch and put them on website. > > Marcin Marcin, I tried to install the package x12a_0.3-3_amd64.deb from your website (on Ubuntu Linux 10.04) but I obtained an error saying that a version of libgfortran3

Re: [Gretl-users] a rather naive question on time-consuming tasks ?

2011-10-05 Thread artur bala
Le 09/09/2011 10:29, artur bala a écrit : > On my 4-year old machine (Core Duo T2450(a)2Ghz, > 2gb ram), it takes 0.468 seconds for 100 000 observations and 3,931 for > 1 000 000 observations. It's simply UNBELIEVABLE. Dear Allin, Something weird is still going on there. It worked absolutely fine

Re: [Gretl-users] X-12-ARIMA build 192

2011-10-05 Thread Marcin Błażejowski
Ok, I've rebuild packages with your patch and put them on website. Marcin W dniu 04.10.2011 21:43, Allin Cottrell pisze: > On Mon, 3 Oct 2011, Marcin Błażejowski wrote: > >> W dniu 03.10.2011 02:18, Allin Cottrell pisze: >>> >>> may be cause for concern. I'll update the gretl-x12a packages once

[Gretl-users] Ralph M Rodriguez/PO/KAIPERM is out of the office.

2011-10-05 Thread Ralph . M . Rodriguez at kp . org
I will be out of the office starting 10/05/2011 and will not return until 10/10/2011. Hi All, I will be out of the office on business from October 5 to Oct 7 returning to the office Oct 10, 2011. I will be cheking emails in the evening. But, if you have an immediate concern with Cost Model,