function bounds = prior_bounds(bayestopt) % function bounds = prior_bounds(bayestopt) % computes bounds for prior density. % % INPUTS % bayestopt [structure] characterizing priors (shape, mean, p1..p4) % % OUTPUTS % bounds [double] matrix specifying prior bounds (row= parameter, column=upper&lower bound) % % SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS % none % Copyright (C) 2003-2008 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 . global options_ pshape = bayestopt.pshape; pmean = bayestopt.pmean; p1 = bayestopt.p1; p2 = bayestopt.p2; p3 = bayestopt.p3; p4 = bayestopt.p4; n = length(pmean); bounds = zeros(n,2); for i=1:n switch pshape(i) case 1 mu = (pmean(i)-p3(i))/(p4(i)-p3(i)); stdd = p2(i)/(p4(i)-p3(i)); A = (1-mu)*mu^2/stdd^2 - mu; B = A*(1/mu - 1); bounds(i,1) = betainv(options_.prior_trunc,A,B)*(p4(i)-p3(i))+p3(i); bounds(i,2) = betainv(1-options_.prior_trunc,A,B)*(p4(i)-p3(i))+p3(i); case 2 b = p2(i)^2/(pmean(i)-p3(i)); a = (pmean(i)-p3(i))/b; bounds(i,1) = gaminv(options_.prior_trunc,a,b)+p3(i); bounds(i,2) = gaminv(1-options_.prior_trunc,a,b)+p3(i); case 3 bounds(i,1) = norminv(options_.prior_trunc,pmean(i),p2(i)); bounds(i,2) = norminv(1-options_.prior_trunc,pmean(i),p2(i)); case 4 bounds(i,1) = 1/sqrt(gaminv(1-options_.prior_trunc, p2(i)/2, 2/p1(i))); bounds(i,2) = 1/sqrt(gaminv(options_.prior_trunc, p2(i)/2, 2/p1(i))); case 5 bounds(i,1) = p1(i)+(p2(i)-p1(i))*options_.prior_trunc; bounds(i,2) = p2(i)-(p2(i)-p1(i))*options_.prior_trunc; case 6 bounds(i,1) = 1/gaminv(1-options_.prior_trunc, p2(i)/2, 2/p1(i)); bounds(i,2) = 1/gaminv(options_.prior_trunc, p2(i)/2, 2/p1(i)); otherwise error(sprintf('prior_bounds: unknown distribution shape (index %d, type %d)', i, pshape(i))); end end