diff --git a/dynare++/doc/dynare++-tutorial.tex b/dynare++/doc/dynare++-tutorial.tex index 26812a81c..45f41ec38 100644 --- a/dynare++/doc/dynare++-tutorial.tex +++ b/dynare++/doc/dynare++-tutorial.tex @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ \author{Ondra Kamen\'\i k} -\date{January 2011} +\date{February 2011} \maketitle \tableofcontents @@ -950,8 +950,17 @@ The options are as follows: exits. \item[\desc{\tt --per \it num}] This sets a number of simulated -periods to {\it num}. This number is used when calculating -unconditional mean and covariance and for IRFs. Default is 100. +periods to {\it num} in addition to the burn-in periods. This number +is used when calculating unconditional mean and covariance and for +IRFs. Default is 100. + +\item[\desc{\tt --burn \it num}] This sets a number of initial periods +which should be ignored from the statistics. The burn-in periods are +used to eliminate the influence of the starting point when +calculating ergodic distributions or/and impulse response +functions. The number of simulated period given by {\tt --per \it + num} option does not include the number of burn-in +periods. Default is 0. \item[\desc{\tt --sim \it num}] This sets a number of stochastic simulations. This number is used when calculating unconditional mean @@ -962,8 +971,10 @@ or {\tt +-Inf}, then it is thrown away and is not considered for the mean nor the variance. The same is valid for IRF. Default is 80. \item[\desc{\tt --rtsim \it num}] This sets a number of stochastic -simulations whose statistics are calculated in the real-time. See -\ref{rt_simul} for more details. Default is 0, no simulations. +simulations whose statistics are calculated in the real-time. This +number excludes the burn-in periods set by {\tt --burn \it num} +option. See \ref{rt_simul} for more details. Default is 0, no +simulations. \item[\desc{\tt --rtper \it num}] This sets a number of simulated periods per one simulation with real-time statistics to {\it num}. See