Updated NEWS for version 4.4.3 (list of bug fixes).
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Announcement for Dynare 4.4.3 (on 2014-07-31)
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We are pleased to announce the release of Dynare 4.4.3.
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This is a bugfix release.
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The Windows packages are already available for download at:
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http://www.dynare.org/download/dynare-stable
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The Mac and GNU/Linux packages (for Debian and Ubuntu LTS) should follow soon.
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This release is compatible with MATLAB versions 7.3 (R2006b) to 8.2 (R2013b)
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and with GNU Octave versions 3.6 to 3.8.
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Here is a list of the problems identified in version 4.4.2 and that have been
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fixed in version 4.4.3:
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- When loading a dataset in XLS, XLSX or CSV format, the first
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observation was discarded.
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- Reading data in an Excel-file with only one variable wasz leading
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to a crash.
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- When using the k_order_perturbation option (which is implicit at
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3rd order) without the use_dll option, crashes or unexpected
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behavior could happen if some 2nd or 3rd derivative evaluates to
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zero (while not being symbolically zero)
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- When using external function, Ramsey policy could crash or return
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wrong results.
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- For Ramsey policy, the equation numbers associated with the
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Lagrange multipliers stored in M_.aux_vars were erroneously one too
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low
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- When updating deep parameters in the steady state file, the changes
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were not fully taken into account (this was only affecting the
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Ramsey policy).
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- When using external functions and the bytecode option, wrong
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results were returned (if second order derivates of the external
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functions were needed).
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- The confidence level for computations in estimation, conf_sig could
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not be changed and was fixed at 0.9. The new option mh_conf_sig is
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now used to set this interval
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- Conditional forecasts with non-diagonal covariance matrix used an
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incorrect decomposition of the covariance matrix. A Cholesky
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factorization is used.
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- Option geweke_interval was not effective, Dynare always defaulted
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to the standard value.
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- The mode_file option lacked backward compatibility with older
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Dynare versions.
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- Loading an mh_mode file with the mode_file option was broken.
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- Using identification with var_exo_det leaded to crashes (the
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preprocessor now returns an error if they are used simultaneously)
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- The identification command did not print results if the initial
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parameter set was invalid and then crashed later on if the MC
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sample is bigger than 1
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- Inconsistencies between static and dynamic models leaded to crashes
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instead of error messages (only with block option).
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- The use of external functions crashed the preprocessor when the
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derivatives of the external function are explicitly called in the
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model block. The preprocessor now forbids the use of external
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functions derivates in the model block.
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- Using the block option when a variable does not appear in the
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current period crashed Dynare instead of providing an error
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message.
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Announcement for Dynare 4.4.2 (on 2014-03-04)
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