function density = multivariate_normal_pdf(X,Mean,Sigma_upper_chol,n) % Evaluates the density of a multivariate gaussian, with expectation Mean % and variance Sigma_upper_chol'*Sigma_upper_chol, at X. % % % INPUTS % % X [double] 1*n vector % Mean [double] 1*n vector, expectation of the multivariate random variable. % Sigma_upper_chol [double] n*n matrix, upper triangular Cholesky decomposition of Sigma (the covariance matrix). % n [integer] dimension. % % OUTPUTS % density [double] density % % SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS % Copyright © 2003-2017 Dynare Team % % This file is part of Dynare. % % Dynare is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify % it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by % the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or % (at your option) any later version. % % Dynare is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, % but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of % MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the % GNU General Public License for more details. % % You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License % along with Dynare. If not, see . density = (2*pi)^(-.5*n) * ... prod(diag(Sigma_upper_chol))^(-1) * ... exp(-.5*(X-Mean)*(Sigma_upper_chol\(transpose(Sigma_upper_chol)\transpose(X-Mean))));