Added warning message when some of the deep parameters are not initialized.

matlab/list_of_parameters_calibrated_as_NaN.m

+function list = list_of_parameters_calibrated_as_NaN(M_)
+% The name of the function is explicit enough...
+%  
+% INPUTS
+%   M_    [structure]   Description of the (simulated or estimated) model.
+%  
+% OUTPUTS
+%   list  [char]        n*p array of characters, each line is the name of parameter without value.
+%    
+% ALGORITHM
+%   none
+%    
+% SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
+%   none
+
+% Copyright (C) 2010 Dynare Team
+%
+% This file is part of Dynare.
+%
+% Dynare is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+% the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+% (at your option) any later version.
+%
+% Dynare is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+% GNU General Public License for more details.
+%
+% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+% along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+    idx  = find(isnan(M_.params));
+    nnn  = length(idx);
+    list = [];
+    if nnn
+        list = M_.param_names(idx,:);
+    end
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matlab/simul.m

 function simul
-% function simul
 % Computes deterministic simulations
 %  
 % INPUTS
 %   None
 %  
 % OUTPUTS
-%   ...
+%   none
+%    
 % ALGORITHM
-%   ...
+%   
 % SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
 %   none
 
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ function simul
 
 global M_ options_ oo_
 
+test_for_deep_parameters_calibration(M_);
+
 if options_.stack_solve_algo < 0 || options_.stack_solve_algo > 5
     error('SIMUL: stack_solve_algo must be between 0 and 5')
 end
@@ -95,4 +97,4 @@ else
     end;
 end;
 
-dyn2vec;
+dyn2vec;
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matlab/steady.m

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ function steady()
 
 global M_ oo_ options_ ys0_ 
 
+test_for_deep_parameters_calibration(M_);
+
 options_ = set_default_option(options_,'jacobian_flag',1);
 options_ = set_default_option(options_,'steadystate_flag',0);
 if exist([M_.fname '_steadystate.m'])

matlab/stoch_simul.m

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ function info=stoch_simul(var_list)
 
 global M_ options_ oo_ it_
 
+test_for_deep_parameters_calibration(M_);
+
 options_old = options_;
 if options_.linear
     options_.order = 1;
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ if info(1)
     options_ = options_old;
     print_info(info, options_.noprint);
     return
-end  
+end
 
 if ~options_.noprint
     disp(' ')

matlab/test_for_deep_parameters_calibration.m

+function test_for_deep_parameters_calibration(M_)
+% Issues a warning is some of the parameters are NaNs.
+%
+% INPUTS
+%   M_    [structure]   Description of the (simulated or estimated) model.
+%  
+% OUTPUTS
+%   none
+%    
+% ALGORITHM
+%   none
+%    
+% SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
+%   none
+
+% Copyright (C) 2010 Dynare Team
+%
+% This file is part of Dynare.
+%
+% Dynare is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+% the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+% (at your option) any later version.
+%
+% Dynare is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+% GNU General Public License for more details.
+%
+% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+% along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.    
+plist = list_of_parameters_calibrated_as_NaN(M_);
+if ~isempty(plist)
+    message = ['Some of the parameters have no value (' ];
+    for i=1:size(plist,1)
+        if i<size(plist,1)
+            message = [message, deblank(plist(i,:)) ', '];
+        else
+            message = [message, deblank(plist(i,:)) ')'];
+        end
+    end
+    tmp = dbstack;
+    message = [message, ' when using ' tmp(2).name '.\n'];
+    message = [message, 'If these parameters are not initialized in a steadystate file, Dynare may not be able to solve the model...\n\n'];
+    message_id  = 'Dynare:ParameterCalibration:NaNValues';
+    warning(message_id,message);
+end
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