/SimulatedMinimumDistance

Simulated Minimum Distance (SMD) estimation package in Python.

Primary LanguagePythonMIT LicenseMIT

SMD: Simulated Minimum Distance

A code library for estimating models using simulated minimum distance.

An example of the use of the SMD package can be found in SMD_example.ipynb.

The library is very early in its development, contributions are very welcome!

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Installation

The package can be installed with

pip install git+https://github.com/ThomasHJorgensen/SimulatedMinimumDistance

Development

To develop the package follow these steps:

  1. Clone this repository
  2. Locate the cloned repostiory in a terminal
  3. Run pip install -e SimulatedMinimumDistance.