MVAR estimates Multi-Variate AutoRegressive model parameters
Several estimation algorithms are implemented, all estimators
can handle data with missing values encoded as NaNs.
[AR,RC,PE] = mvar(Y, p);
[AR,RC,PE] = mvar(Y, p, Mode);
INPUT:
Y Multivariate data series
p Model order
Mode determines estimation algorithm
OUTPUT:
AR multivariate autoregressive model parameter
RC reflection coefficients (= -PARCOR coefficients)
PE remaining error variance
All input and output parameters are organized in columns, one column
corresponds to the parameters of one channel.
Mode determines estimation algorithm.
1: Correlation Function Estimation method using biased correlation function estimation method
also called the 'multichannel Yule-Walker' [1,2]
6: Correlation Function Estimation method using unbiased correlation function estimation method
2: Partial Correlation Estimation: Vieira-Morf [2] using unbiased covariance estimates.
In [1] this mode was used and (incorrectly) denominated as Nutall-Strand.
Its the DEFAULT mode; according to [1] it provides the most accurate estimates.
5: Partial Correlation Estimation: Vieira-Morf [2] using biased covariance estimates.
Yields similar results than Mode=2;
3: Partial Correlation Estimation: Nutall-Strand [2] (biased correlation function)
7: Partial Correlation Estimation: Nutall-Strand [2] (unbiased correlation function)
10: ARFIT [3]
11: BURGV [4]
REFERENCES:
[1] A. Schl\'ogl, Comparison of Multivariate Autoregressive Estimators.
Signal processing, Elsevier B.V. (in press).
available at http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.sigpro.2005.11.007
[2] S.L. Marple 'Digital Spectral Analysis with Applications' Prentice Hall, 1987.
[3] Schneider and Neumaier)
[4] Stijn de Waele, 2003
A multivariate inverse filter can be realized with
[AR,RC,PE] = mvar(Y,P);
e = mvfilter([eye(size(AR,1)),-AR],eye(size(AR,1)),Y);
see also: MVFILTER, MVFREQZ, COVM, SUMSKIPNAN, ARFIT2