parfor problems (structure, reduction assignment, etc)

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inani2011
inani2011 2024-6-21
回答： Edric Ellis 2024-6-25
I am attempting to utilize a 'parfor loop' in the code to reduce the time required for the estimation of the "sign restriction vector autoregressive model." The complexity of my sign restriction (=SIGN) results in a lengthy process (more than 24 hours on my laptop) to obtain a sufficient number (ndraws=10000) of successful draws (i.e., those that meet the sign restrictions).
However, I am encountering some difficulties in using 'parfor'. Specifically, the following section of the code, which I would like to apply 'parfor loop', is intended to store the successful draws that satisfy a particular condition (my sign restrictions).
jj = 0; % accepted draws
c1 = 1; % just constant (for counting)
parfor tt = 1:sr_draw
if tt > ndraws
continue
end
% Set up VAR_draw.(draw{j}) for rotations: Only identification uncertainty
label = {['draw' num2str(jj)]};
VAR_draw.(label{1}) = VAR;
% Compute rotated B matrix
B = SignRestrictions(SIGN,VAR_draw.(label{1}),VARopt);
if ~isempty(B)
jj = jj+c1;
% Store B
Ball(:,:,jj) = B;
% Update VAR_draw.(draw{j}) with the rotated B matrix for IR, VD, and HD
VAR_draw.(label{1}).B = B;
% Compute and store IR, VD, HD
[aux_irf, VAR_draw.(label{1})] = VARir(VAR_draw.(label{1}),VARopt);
IRall(:,:,:,jj) = aux_irf;
aux_fevd = VARvd(VAR_draw.(label{1}),VARopt);
VDall(:,:,:,jj) = aux_fevd;
aux_hd = VARhd(VAR_draw.(label{1}),VARopt);
shock(:,:,:,jj) = aux_hd.shock;
end
end
if jj<ndraws
disp('Draws which meet SIGN are not sufficiently stored. Increase sr_draw')
end
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Steven Lord
Steven Lord 2024-6-21
However, I am encountering some difficulties in using 'parfor'.
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Edric Ellis
Edric Ellis 2024-6-25
The problem here is that you're trying to extend the arrays like Ball by assigning off the end of the current size of the array. You cannot do that in parfor. What you can do is use concatenation, a bit like this:
Ball = zeros(7, 7, 0); % Or whatever size is appropriate
cat3 = @(x, y) cat(3, x, y); % Function to use as reduction operation
parfor tt = 1:sr_draw
B = SignRestrictions(SIGN,VAR_draw.(label{1}),VARopt);
if ~isempty(B)
Ball = cat3(Ball, B)
end
end
Note that I needed to make a simple function to ensure that I could write a parfor reduction operation.
You should be able to apply the same pattern to the other problematic assignments.

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