Re: [R] Help with kalman-filterd betas using the dlm package

2009-05-15 Thread tom81
I have studied both the vinguette and other material I've been able to get my hands on and Im starting to get a better understanding. And I'm defenitly going to buy Petris, Petrone, and Campagnoli (2009) Dynamic Linear Models with R. But that's not publish yet so I 'm not getting much help there.

Re: [R] Help with kalman-filterd betas using the dlm package

2009-05-15 Thread spencerg
1. Might you look again at section 2. Maximum likelihood estimation of the dlm vignette? It describes how to estimate parameters. 2. Have you started with the code on those 2 pages, confirming that you can make that work and understand what it does? If yes, then try to

Re: [R] Help with kalman-filterd betas using the dlm package

2009-05-12 Thread spencerg
Have you worked through vignette('dlm')? Vignettes are nice because they provide an Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (pdf) file with a companion R script file, which you can get as follows: (dlm. - vignette('dlm')) Stangle(dlm.$file) The first of these two lines opens

[R] Help with kalman-filterd betas using the dlm package

2009-05-10 Thread tom81
Hi all R gurus out there, Im a kind of newbie to kalman-filters after some research I have found that the dlm package is the easiest to start with. So be patient if some of my questions are too basic. I would like to set up a beta estimation between an asset and a market index using a