Man pages for TwoStepSDFM
Estimate a Sparse Mixed Frequency Gaussian Factor Model Using a Two-Step Procedure

checkBooleanHelper function to check parameter vectors for positive...
checkParameterMatrixHelper function to check parameter matrices
checkPositiveDoubleHelper function to check positive double function parameter
checkPositiveSignedIntegerHelper function to check unsigned integer function parameter
checkPositiveSignedParameterVectorHelper function to check parameter vectors for positive...
crossValCross-validate SDFM Hyper-Parameters
factor_modelExample factor model dataset
forecastWrapperInternal forecasting wrapper function
kalmanFilterSmootherUnivariate Representation of the Multivariate Kalman Filter...
makeRaggedEdgesHelper function to check positive double function parameter
mixed_freq_factor_modelMixed-frequency factor model dataset
noOfFactorsEstimate the number of Factors
nowcastPredict Mixed-Frequency Data via Dynamic Factor Models
nowcastSpecificationHelperHelper function to wrap the nowcasting routine
plotFactorEstimatesHelper for plotting factor time series
plotInformationCritHelper for plotting ICs for selecting the number of factors
plot.KFSFitGeneric plotting function for KFSFit S3 objects
plotLoadingHeatMapHelper for plotting loading matrix heat maps
plotMeasVarCovEigenvaluesHelper for plotting measurement error var.cov. eigenvalues
plotMeasVarCovHeatmapHelper for plotting measurement error var.cov. heatmap
plot.NoOfFactorsFitGeneric plotting function for NoOfFactorsFit S3 objects
plot.SDFMcrossValGeneric plotting function for SDFMcrossVal S3 objects
plot.SDFMFitGeneric plotting function for SDFMFit S3 objects
plot.SDFMnowcastGeneric plotting function for SDFMnowcast S3 objects
plot.SimulDataGeneric plotting function for SimulData S3 objects
plot.SPCAFitGeneric plotting function for SPCAFit S3 objects
predict.SDFMFitGeneric plotting function for SDFMFit S3 objects
print.KFSFitGeneric printing function for KFSFit S3 objects
print.NoOfFactorsFitGeneric printing function for NoOfFactorsFit S3 objects
print.SDFMcrossValGeneric print function for SDFMcrossVal S3 objects
print.SDFMFitGeneric printing function for SDFMFit S3 objects
print.SDFMnowcastGeneric print function for SDFMnowcast S3 objects
print.SimulDataGeneric printing function for SimulData S3 objects
print.SPCAFitGeneric printing function for SPCAFit S3 objects
simFMSimulate Dynamic Factor Models.
sparsePCASparse Principal Components Analysis
twoStepDenseDFMTwo Step Dense Dynamic Factor Model Estimator.
twoStepSDFMTwo Step Sparse Dynamic Factor Model Estimator.
TwoStepSDFM documentation built on May 19, 2026, 9:07 a.m.