function [m,s,p6,p7,error_indicator] = uniform_specification(m,s,p3,p4) % Specification of the uniform density function parameters % % INPUTS % m: mean % s: standard deviation % p3: lower bound % p4: upper bound % OUTPUTS % m: mean % s: standard deviation % p6: lower bound % p7: upper bound % error_indicator: whether inconsistent prior specification was used % % SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS % none % Copyright © 2004-2017 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 . error_indicator=0; if ~(isnan(p3) || isnan(p4)) p6 = p3; p7 = p4; if ~isnan(m) || ~isnan(s) error_indicator=1; end m = (p3+p4)/2; s = (p4-p3)/(sqrt(12)); else p6 = m-s*sqrt(3); p7 = m+s*sqrt(3); end