Simulate Data from the Linear Stochastic Differential Equation Model using a State Space Model Parameterization (Fixed Parameters)

Usage

SimSSMLinSDEFixed(
  n,
  time,
  delta_t = 1,
  mu0,
  sigma0_l,
  iota,
  phi,
  sigma_l,
  nu,
  lambda,
  theta_l,
  type = 0,
  x = NULL,
  gamma = NULL,
  kappa = NULL
)

Arguments

n: Positive integer. Number of individuals.
time: Positive integer. Number of time points.
delta_t: Numeric. Time interval ($\Delta_t$).
mu0: Numeric vector. Mean of initial latent variable values ($\boldsymbol{\mu}_{\boldsymbol{\eta} \mid 0}$).
sigma0_l: Numeric matrix. Cholesky factorization (t(chol(sigma0))) of the covariance matrix of initial latent variable values ($\boldsymbol{\Sigma}_{\boldsymbol{\eta} \mid 0}$).
iota: Numeric vector. An unobserved term that is constant over time ($\boldsymbol{\iota}$).
phi: Numeric matrix. The drift matrix which represents the rate of change of the solution in the absence of any random fluctuations ($\boldsymbol{\Phi}$).
sigma_l: Numeric matrix. Cholesky factorization (t(chol(sigma))) of the covariance matrix of volatility or randomness in the process ($\boldsymbol{\Sigma}$).
nu: Numeric vector. Vector of intercept values for the measurement model ($\boldsymbol{\nu}$).
lambda: Numeric matrix. Factor loading matrix linking the latent variables to the observed variables ($\boldsymbol{\Lambda}$).
theta_l: Numeric matrix. Cholesky factorization (t(chol(theta))) of the covariance matrix of the measurement error ($\boldsymbol{\Theta}$).
type: Integer. State space model type. See Details for more information.
x: List. Each element of the list is a matrix of covariates for each individual i in n. The number of columns in each matrix should be equal to time.
gamma: Numeric matrix. Matrix linking the covariates to the latent variables at current time point ($\boldsymbol{\Gamma}$).
kappa: Numeric matrix. Matrix linking the covariates to the observed variables at current time point ($\boldsymbol{\kappa}$).

Value

Returns an object of class simstatespace which is a list with the following elements:

call: Function call.
args: Function arguments.
data: Generated data which is a list of length n. Each element of data is a list with the following elements:
- id: A vector of ID numbers with length l, where l is the value of the function argument time.
- time: A vector time points of length l.
- y: A l by k matrix of values for the manifest variables.
- eta: A l by p matrix of values for the latent variables.
- x: A l by j matrix of values for the covariates (when covariates are included).
fun: Function used.

Details

Type 0

The measurement model is given by $$ \mathbf{y}_{i, t} = \boldsymbol{\nu} + \boldsymbol{\Lambda} \boldsymbol{\eta}_{i, t} + \boldsymbol{\varepsilon}_{i, t}, \quad \mathrm{with} \quad \boldsymbol{\varepsilon}_{i, t} \sim \mathcal{N} \left( \mathbf{0}, \boldsymbol{\Theta} \right) $$ where $\mathbf{y}_{i, t}$, $\boldsymbol{\eta}_{i, t}$, and $\boldsymbol{\varepsilon}_{i, t}$ are random variables and $\boldsymbol{\nu}$, $\boldsymbol{\Lambda}$, and $\boldsymbol{\Theta}$ are model parameters. $\mathbf{y}_{i, t}$ represents a vector of observed random variables, $\boldsymbol{\eta}_{i, t}$ a vector of latent random variables, and $\boldsymbol{\varepsilon}_{i, t}$ a vector of random measurement errors, at time $t$ and individual $i$. $\boldsymbol{\nu}$ denotes a vector of intercepts, $\boldsymbol{\Lambda}$ a matrix of factor loadings, and $\boldsymbol{\Theta}$ the covariance matrix of $\boldsymbol{\varepsilon}$.

An alternative representation of the measurement error is given by $$ \boldsymbol{\varepsilon}_{i, t} = \boldsymbol{\Theta}^{\frac{1}{2}} \mathbf{z}_{i, t}, \quad \mathrm{with} \quad \mathbf{z}_{i, t} \sim \mathcal{N} \left( \mathbf{0}, \mathbf{I} \right) $$ where $\mathbf{z}_{i, t}$ is a vector of independent standard normal random variables and $ \left( \boldsymbol{\Theta}^{\frac{1}{2}} \right) \left( \boldsymbol{\Theta}^{\frac{1}{2}} \right)^{\prime} = \boldsymbol{\Theta} . $

The dynamic structure is given by $$ \mathrm{d} \boldsymbol{\eta}_{i, t} = \left( \boldsymbol{\iota} + \boldsymbol{\Phi} \boldsymbol{\eta}_{i, t} \right) \mathrm{d}t + \boldsymbol{\Sigma}^{\frac{1}{2}} \mathrm{d} \mathbf{W}_{i, t} $$ where $\boldsymbol{\iota}$ is a term which is unobserved and constant over time, $\boldsymbol{\Phi}$ is the drift matrix which represents the rate of change of the solution in the absence of any random fluctuations, $\boldsymbol{\Sigma}$ is the matrix of volatility or randomness in the process, and $\mathrm{d}\boldsymbol{W}$ is a Wiener process or Brownian motion, which represents random fluctuations.

Type 1

The measurement model is given by $$ \mathbf{y}_{i, t} = \boldsymbol{\nu} + \boldsymbol{\Lambda} \boldsymbol{\eta}_{i, t} + \boldsymbol{\varepsilon}_{i, t}, \quad \mathrm{with} \quad \boldsymbol{\varepsilon}_{i, t} \sim \mathcal{N} \left( \mathbf{0}, \boldsymbol{\Theta} \right) . $$

The dynamic structure is given by $$ \mathrm{d} \boldsymbol{\eta}_{i, t} = \left( \boldsymbol{\iota} + \boldsymbol{\Phi} \boldsymbol{\eta}_{i, t} \right) \mathrm{d}t + \boldsymbol{\Gamma} \mathbf{x}_{i, t} + \boldsymbol{\Sigma}^{\frac{1}{2}} \mathrm{d} \mathbf{W}_{i, t} $$ where $\mathbf{x}_{i, t}$ represents a vector of covariates at time $t$ and individual $i$, and $\boldsymbol{\Gamma}$ the coefficient matrix linking the covariates to the latent variables.

Type 2

The measurement model is given by $$ \mathbf{y}_{i, t} = \boldsymbol{\nu} + \boldsymbol{\Lambda} \boldsymbol{\eta}_{i, t} + \boldsymbol{\kappa} \mathbf{x}_{i, t} + \boldsymbol{\varepsilon}_{i, t}, \quad \mathrm{with} \quad \boldsymbol{\varepsilon}_{i, t} \sim \mathcal{N} \left( \mathbf{0}, \boldsymbol{\Theta} \right) $$ where $\boldsymbol{\kappa}$ represents the coefficient matrix linking the covariates to the observed variables.

The dynamic structure is given by $$ \mathrm{d} \boldsymbol{\eta}_{i, t} = \left( \boldsymbol{\iota} + \boldsymbol{\Phi} \boldsymbol{\eta}_{i, t} \right) \mathrm{d}t + \boldsymbol{\Gamma} \mathbf{x}_{i, t} + \boldsymbol{\Sigma}^{\frac{1}{2}} \mathrm{d} \mathbf{W}_{i, t} . $$

State Space Parameterization

The state space parameters as a function of the linear stochastic differential equation model parameters are given by $$ \boldsymbol{\beta}_{\Delta t_{{l_{i}}}} = \exp{ \left( \Delta t \boldsymbol{\Phi} \right) } $$

$$ \boldsymbol{\alpha}_{\Delta t_{{l_{i}}}} = \boldsymbol{\Phi}^{-1} \left( \boldsymbol{\beta} - \mathbf{I}_{p} \right) \boldsymbol{\iota} $$

$$ \mathrm{vec} \left( \boldsymbol{\Psi}_{\Delta t_{{l_{i}}}} \right) = \left[ \left( \boldsymbol{\Phi} \otimes \mathbf{I}_{p} \right) + \left( \mathbf{I}_{p} \otimes \boldsymbol{\Phi} \right) \right] \left[ \exp \left( \left[ \left( \boldsymbol{\Phi} \otimes \mathbf{I}_{p} \right) + \left( \mathbf{I}_{p} \otimes \boldsymbol{\Phi} \right) \right] \Delta t \right) - \mathbf{I}_{p \times p} \right] \mathrm{vec} \left( \boldsymbol{\Sigma} \right) $$ where $p$ is the number of latent variables and $\Delta t$ is the time interval.

References

Chow, S.-M., Ho, M. R., Hamaker, E. L., & Dolan, C. V. (2010). Equivalence and differences between structural equation modeling and state-space modeling techniques. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 17(2), 303–332. doi:10.1080/10705511003661553

Chow, S.-M., Losardo, D., Park, J., & Molenaar, P. C. M. (2023). Continuous-time dynamic models: Connections to structural equation models and other discrete-time models. In R. H. Hoyle (Ed.), Handbook of structural equation modeling (2nd ed.). The Guilford Press.

Harvey, A. C. (1990). Forecasting, structural time series models and the Kalman filter. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9781107049994

Author

Ivan Jacob Agaloos Pesigan

Examples

# prepare parameters
set.seed(42)
## number of individuals
n <- 5
## time points
time <- 50
delta_t <- 0.10
## dynamic structure
p <- 2
mu0 <- c(-3.0, 1.5)
sigma0 <- 0.001 * diag(p)
sigma0_l <- t(chol(sigma0))
iota <- c(0.317, 0.230)
phi <- matrix(
  data = c(
    -0.10,
    0.05,
    0.05,
    -0.10
  ),
  nrow = p
)
sigma <- matrix(
  data = c(
    2.79,
    0.06,
    0.06,
    3.27
  ),
  nrow = p
)
sigma_l <- t(chol(sigma))
## measurement model
k <- 2
nu <- rep(x = 0, times = k)
lambda <- diag(k)
theta <- 0.001 * diag(k)
theta_l <- t(chol(theta))
## covariates
j <- 2
x <- lapply(
  X = seq_len(n),
  FUN = function(i) {
    matrix(
      data = stats::rnorm(n = time * j),
      nrow = j,
      ncol = time
    )
  }
)
gamma <- diag(x = 0.10, nrow = p, ncol = j)
kappa <- diag(x = 0.10, nrow = k, ncol = j)

# Type 0
ssm <- SimSSMLinSDEFixed(
  n = n,
  time = time,
  delta_t = delta_t,
  mu0 = mu0,
  sigma0_l = sigma0_l,
  iota = iota,
  phi = phi,
  sigma_l = sigma_l,
  nu = nu,
  lambda = lambda,
  theta_l = theta_l,
  type = 0
)

plot(ssm)



# Type 1
ssm <- SimSSMLinSDEFixed(
  n = n,
  time = time,
  delta_t = delta_t,
  mu0 = mu0,
  sigma0_l = sigma0_l,
  iota = iota,
  phi = phi,
  sigma_l = sigma_l,
  nu = nu,
  lambda = lambda,
  theta_l = theta_l,
  type = 1,
  x = x,
  gamma = gamma
)

plot(ssm)



# Type 2
ssm <- SimSSMLinSDEFixed(
  n = n,
  time = time,
  delta_t = delta_t,
  mu0 = mu0,
  sigma0_l = sigma0_l,
  iota = iota,
  phi = phi,
  sigma_l = sigma_l,
  nu = nu,
  lambda = lambda,
  theta_l = theta_l,
  type = 2,
  x = x,
  gamma = gamma,
  kappa = kappa
)

plot(ssm)