isestimation.m

function a = isestimation()

% Returns 1 if we are currently estimating a model, 0 otherwise.

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a = 0;

tmp = struct2cell(dbstack);
list_of_previously_called_routines = transpose(tmp(2,:));

if ~isempty(strmatch('dsge_likelihood', list_of_previously_called_routines, 'exact')) || ...
    ~isempty(strmatch('dsge_var_likelihood', list_of_previously_called_routines, 'exact')) || ...
    ~isempty(strmatch('non_linear_dsge_likelihood', list_of_previously_called_routines, 'exact')) || ...
    ~isempty(strmatch('simulated_moments_estimation', list_of_previously_called_routines, 'exact'))
    a = 1;
end