constructModel {BigVAR} | R Documentation |
Construct an object of class BigVAR
constructModel(Y, p, struct, gran, RVAR = FALSE, h = 1, cv = "Rolling", MN = FALSE, verbose = TRUE, IC = TRUE, VARX = list(), T1 = floor(nrow(Y)/3), T2 = floor(2 * nrow(Y)/3), ONESE = FALSE, ownlambdas = FALSE, alpha = as.double(NULL), recursive = FALSE, C = as.double(NULL), dates = as.character(NULL), intercept = TRUE, tol = 1e-04, lagselect = FALSE, window.size = 0)
Y |
T \times k multivariate time series or Y T \times (k+m) endogenous and exogenous series, respectively |
p |
Predetermined maximal lag order (for modeled series) |
struct |
The choice of penalty structure (see details). |
gran |
vector of penalty parameter specifications. |
RVAR |
True or False: option to refit based upon the support selected using the Relaxed-VAR procedure |
h |
Desired forecast horizon |
cv |
Cross-validation approach, either "Rolling" for rolling cross-validation or "LOO" for leave-one-out cross-validation. |
MN |
Minnesota Prior Indicator |
verbose |
Verbose output while estimating |
IC |
True or False: whether to include AIC and BIC benchmarks |
VARX |
List containing VARX model specifications. |
T1 |
Index of time series in which to start cross validation |
T2 |
Index of times series in which to start forecast evaluation |
ONESE |
True or False: whether to use the "One Standard Error Heuristic" |
ownlambdas |
True or False: Indicator for user-supplied penalty parameters |
alpha |
grid of candidate parameters for the alpha in the Sparse Lag and Sparse Own/Other VARX-L |
recursive |
True or False: Indicator as to whether iterative multi-step predictions are desired in the VAR context if the forecast horizon is greater than 1 |
C |
vector of coefficients to shrink toward a random walk (if |
dates |
optional vector of dates corresponding to Y |
intercept |
True or False: option to fit an intercept |
tol |
optimization tolerance (default 1e-4) |
lagselect |
lag selection indicator |
window.size |
size of rolling window. If set to 0 an expanding window will be used. @details The choices for "struct" are as follows
The first number in the vector "gran" specifies how deep to construct the penalty grid and the second specifies how many penalty parameters to use If ownlambas is set to TRUE, gran should contain the user-supplied penalty parameters. VARX specifications consist of a list with entry k denoting the series that are to be modeled and entry s to denote the maximal lag order for exogenous series. The argument alpha is ignored unless the structure choice is "SparseLag" or "Lag." By default "alpha" is set to |
The specifications "Basic", "Lag," "SparseLag," "SparseOO," and "OwnOther" can accommodate both VAR and VARX models. EFX only applies to VARX models. "HVARC," "HVAROO," "HVARELEM," and "Tapered" can only be used with VAR models.
William B Nicholson, Jacob Bien, and David S Matteson. "High Dimensional Forecasting via Interpretable Vector Autoregression." arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.5250, 2016. William B. Nicholson, David S. Matteson, Jacob Bien,VARX-L: Structured regularization for large vector autoregressions with exogenous variables, International Journal of Forecasting, Volume 33, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 627-651, William B Nicholson, David S. Matteson, and Jacob Bien (2016), "BigVAR: Tools for Modeling Sparse High-Dimensional Multivariate Time Series" arxiv:1702.07094
Banbura, Marta, Domenico Giannone, and Lucrezia Reichlin. "Large Bayesian vector auto regressions." Journal of Applied Econometrics 25.1 (2010): 71-92.
# VARX Example # Create a Basic VARX-L with k=2, m=1, s=2, p=4 VARX=list() VARX$k=2 # indicates that the first two series are modeled VARX$s=2 # sets 2 as the maximal lag order for exogenous series data(Y) T1=floor(nrow(Y)/3) T2=floor(2*nrow(Y)/3) Model1=constructModel(Y,p=4,struct="Basic",gran=c(50,10),verbose=FALSE,VARX=VARX,T1=T1,T2=T2)