#161: Under Octave, gamma priors fail when variance is too small --------------------------+------------------------------------------------- Reporter: sebastien | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: 4.2 Component: Core M-files | Version: 4.1.3 Keywords: | --------------------------+------------------------------------------------- This is reproducible on file RBC_Est.mod distributed with the user guide, which has two gamma priors. The problem is related to a bug in Octave: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=493869 It may also affect beta priors which rely on gaminv() function. A minimal solution would be to give a sensible error message to the user, so that he knows he has to increase the variance. A better solution would be to reimplement gaminv. -- Ticket URL: <https://www.dynare.org/trac/ticket/161> Dynare <http://www.dynare.org> The Dynare project