'''Top Level Options''' (from {{{switch_dw/state_space/sbvar/dw_sbvar_command_line.c}}}):
|| '''Standalone Flag''' |||| '''Argument''' |||| '''Standalone Default''' ||||'''Dynare Option Name''' |||| '''Comments''' ||
|| {{{estimate}}}        ||||     ||||     |||| {{{estimate_msmodel}}}  |||| produces estimation - posterior mode or maximum likelihood ||
|| {{{simulate}}}        ||||     ||||     |||| {{{print_draws}}}  |||| produces simulation run ||
|| {{{probabilities}}}   ||||     ||||     |||| {{{compute_probabilities}}}  |||| produces smoothed or filtered probabilities ||
|| {{{mdd}}}             ||||     ||||     |||| {{{compute_mdd}}}  |||| produces marginal data density from posterior draws ||
|| {{{forecast}}}        ||||     ||||     ||||     |||| produces forecast ||
|| {{{ir}}}              ||||     ||||     ||||     |||| produces impulse responses ||
|| {{{historical}}}      ||||     ||||     ||||     |||| produces historical decomposition ||
|| {{{smoothedshocks}}}  ||||     ||||     ||||     |||| produces smoothed shocks ||
|| {{{smoothedstates}}}  ||||     ||||     ||||     |||| produces smoothed states ||
|| {{{seed}}}            ||||  {{{0}}} (i.e. random)   ||||     ||||     |||| seed value for random number generation ||


'''General Options''' (from {{{switch_dw/state_space/sbvar/dw_sbvar_command_line.c}}}):
|| '''Standalone Flag''' |||| '''Argument''' |||| '''Standalone Default''' ||||'''Dynare Option Name''' |||| '''Comments''' ||
|| {{{di}}}  |||| <<directory>> |||| {{{./}}} |||| not supported |||| input files are in specified directory ||
|| {{{do}}}  |||| <<directory>> |||| {{{./}}} |||| not supported |||| output files are in specified directory ||
|| {{{fs}}}  |||| <<filename>>  ||||    ||||    |||| specification file name ||
|| {{{fp}}}  |||| <<filename>>  ||||    ||||    |||| parameter file name ||
|| {{{ph}}}  |||| <<header>>    ||||    ||||    |||| header for the parameters ||
|| {{{pho}}} |||| <<header>>    ||||    ||||    |||| parameter header used for output ||
|| {{{MLE}}} |||| <<header>>    ||||    ||||    |||| Determines if estimation finds the posterior mode or maximum likelihood. If {{{ph}}} or is not present, determines whether the input parameter header is "MLE: " or "Posterior mode: ". ||
|| {{{fo}}}  |||| <<filename>>  ||||    ||||    |||| output file name ||
|| {{{ft}}}  |||| <<tag>>       ||||    ||||    |||| The input file tag. Is used to create input filenames if the {{{fs}}} or {{{fp}}} options are not present. ||
|| {{{fto}}} |||| <<tag>>       ||||  associated with {{{ft}}}  |||| {{{output_file_tag}}} |||| The output file tag. Used to create output filenames. ||

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'''Estimation Options''' (from {{{switch_dw/state_space/sbvar/sbvar_estimate.c}}}):
|| '''Standalone Flag''' |||| '''Argument''' |||| '''Standalone Default''' ||||'''Dynare Option Name''' |||| '''Comments''' ||
|| {{{cb}}}  |||| <<double>>  |||| {{{1.0e-03}}} ||||   |||| convergence criterion starting value ||
|| {{{ce}}}  |||| <<double>>  |||| {{{1.0e-06}}} ||||   |||| convergence criterion ending value ||
|| {{{ci}}}  |||| <<double>>  |||| {{{0.1}}}     ||||   |||| convergence criterion increment value ||
|| {{{ib}}}  |||| <<integer>> |||| {{{50}}}      ||||   |||| maximum interations starting value ||
|| {{{ii}}}  |||| <<double>>  |||| {{{2.0}}}     ||||   |||| maximum interations increment value ||
|| {{{mb}}}  |||| <<integer>> |||| {{{100}}}     ||||   |||| maximum block iterations ||

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'''Simulation Options''' (from {{{switch_dw/state_space/sbvar/sbvar_simulate.c}}}):
|| '''Standalone Flag''' |||| '''Argument''' |||| '''Standalone Default''' ||||'''Dynare Option Name''' |||| '''Comments''' ||
|| {{{ndraws}}}  |||| <<integer>>  |||| {{{1000}}}       |||| {{{n_draws}}} |||| Number of draws to save ||
|| {{{burnin}}}  |||| <<integer>>  |||| {{{0.1*ndraws}}} |||| {{{draws_nbr_burn_in}}}  |||| Number of burn-in draws ||
|| {{{thin}}}    |||| <<integer>>  |||| {{{1}}}          |||| {{{thinning_factor}}} |||| Thinning factor. Total number of draws made is {{{thin*ndraws+burnin}}} ||
|| {{{mh}}}      |||| <<integer>>  |||| {{{30000}}}      ||||   |||| Tuning period for Metropolis-Hasting draws ||
|| {{{flat}}}    ||||      --      |||| {{{off}}}        ||||   |||| Produce flat output file and header ||
|| {{{nofree}}}  ||||      --      |||| {{{off}}}        ||||   |||| Do not produce free parameters file ||
|| {{{nd1}}}     ||||      --      |||| {{{off}}}        ||||   |||| Normalize diagonal of A0 to one (flat output only) ||

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'''Probabilities Options''' (from {{{switch_dw/state_space/sbvar/sbvar_probabilities.c}}}):
|| '''Standalone Flag''' |||| '''Argument''' |||| '''Standalone Default''' ||||'''Dynare Option Name''' |||| '''Comments''' ||
|| {{{filtered}}}            |||| --  |||| {{{off}}}       ||||   |||| Compute filtered probabilities ||
|| {{{smoothed}}}            |||| --  |||| {{{on}}} if neither {{{filtered}}} nor {{{real_time_smoothed}}} is passed     ||||   |||| Compute smoothed probabilities ||
|| {{{real_time_smoothed}}}  |||| --  |||| {{{off}}}       ||||   |||| Compute smoothed probabilities based on time {{{t}}} information for {{{0 <= t <= nobs}}} ||

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'''Marginal Data Density Options''' (from {{{switch_dw/switching/dw_mdd_switch.c}}}):
|| '''Standalone Flag''' |||| '''Argument''' |||| '''Standalone Default''' ||||'''Dynare Option Name''' |||| '''Comments''' ||
|| {{{t}}}       ||||  <<string>>  ||||       ||||   |||| filemname tag ||
|| {{{ft}}}      ||||  <<string>>  ||||       ||||   |||| filemname tag -- supersedes {{{t}}} ||
|| {{{outtag}}}  ||||  <<string>>  ||||       ||||   |||| filemname tag -- supersedes {{{t}}} and {{{ft}}}||
|| {{{pf}}}      ||||  <<string>>  ||||   {{{simulation_<tag>.out}}}    ||||   |||| posterior draws fileanme ||
|| {{{pt}}}      ||||  <<integer>> ||||   {{{2}}}    ||||   |||| proposal type (1=gaussian, 2=power, 3=truncated power, 4=step, 5=truncated gaussian)  ||
|| {{{d}}}       ||||  <<integer>> ||||   {{{100,000}}}    ||||   |||| number proposal draws||
|| {{{use_mode}}}||||  --          ||||   {{{on}}}    ||||   |||| use posterior mode as center||
|| {{{use_mean}}}||||  --          ||||   {{{off}}}    ||||   |||| use posterior mean as center||
|| {{{of}}}      ||||  <<string>>  ||||   {{{mdd_<tag>.out}}}    ||||   |||| output filename ||
|| {{{l}}}       ||||  <<double>>  ||||  {{{0.1}}}  ||||   |||| Lower cutoff for in terms of probability. Used by truncated power, truncated gaussian, step, and uniform. ||
|| {{{h}}}       ||||  <<double>>  ||||  {{{0.9}}}  ||||   |||| Upper cutoff for in terms of probability. Used by power, truncated power, truncated gaussian, step, and uniform. ||
|| {{{grahp}}}   |||| --  ||||  {{{off}}}     ||||   |||| Produce output suitable for graphing the marginal cummulative densities of the radius of the posterior and elliptical distributions.  The marginal data density is not computed. ||
|| {{{print}}}   ||||  -- ||||  {{{off}}}     ||||   |||| Prints the matrices posterior and proposal ||