Hi,
I summarize in this e-mail the main release goals for Dynare 4.2, with
the name of the responsible person(s) and the associated ticket
numbers. Note that there are many other tickets – in particular bugs
which need to be fixed – but I only list here the outstanding intended
new features :
- Symbolic computation of the first order conditions of the Ramsey
problem (Sébastien) [#5]
- Use of a seed to make estimation deterministic (Michel, Stéphane) [#85]
- Estimation with unexpected structural changes (Stéphane) [#13]
- Partial information (George) [#21]
- Markov-Switching BVAR (Houtan, Michel) [#24]
- Automatic generation of the stationary model, given the trends
(Houtan) [#19]
- Local identification (Marco) [#31]
- Parallelization system (Marco, Sébastien) [#55]
- Constrained parameters for OSR (Michel) [#58]
- Possibility of using the bytecode representations for most tasks
(Ferhat, Sébastien) [#11]
- User guide: refresh outdated parts, add new chapter on optimal policy
(Tommaso, Michel) [#17]
The goal is to release the 4.2 version by the beginning of november,
which means that the various features should be ready by mid-october.
Note that by “ready” I mean that the features must be working reasonably
well, have an interface in the MOD-file, be documented (at least on the
wiki, preferably in the reference manual), and come with test files in
the appropriate directory. Of course I can help you concerning these
various aspects, in particular for the interface (which require
preprocessor changes) and for the build system.
Let me know if you think that you cannot achieve completion of the
features that you are responsible for by the mid-october deadline. We
will then decide whether to postpone the feature for 4.3 or to delay the
release of 4.2.
Best,
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