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+## Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Friedrich Leisch
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} arma_rnd (@var{a}, @var{b}, @var{v}, @var{t}, @var{n})
+## Return a simulation of the ARMA model
+##
+## @example
+## @group
+## x(n) = a(1) * x(n-1) + @dots{} + a(k) * x(n-k)
+## + e(n) + b(1) * e(n-1) + @dots{} + b(l) * e(n-l)
+## @end group
+## @end example
+##
+## @noindent
+## in which @var{k} is the length of vector @var{a}, @var{l} is the
+## length of vector @var{b} and @var{e} is Gaussian white noise with
+## variance @var{v}. The function returns a vector of length @var{t}.
+##
+## The optional parameter @var{n} gives the number of dummy
+## @var{x}(@var{i}) used for initialization, i.e., a sequence of length
+## @var{t}+@var{n} is generated and @var{x}(@var{n}+1:@var{t}+@var{n})
+## is returned. If @var{n} is omitted, @var{n} = 100 is used.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: FL <Friedrich.Leisch@ci.tuwien.ac.at>
+## Description: Simulate an ARMA process
+
+function x = arma_rnd (a, b, v, t, n)
+
+ if (nargin == 4)
+ n = 100;
+ elseif (nargin == 5)
+ if (!isscalar (n))
+ error ("arma_rnd: N must be a scalar");
+ endif
+ else
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if ((min (size (a)) > 1) || (min (size (b)) > 1))
+ error ("arma_rnd: A and B must not be matrices");
+ endif
+
+ if (!isscalar (t))
+ error ("arma_rnd: T must be a scalar");
+ endif
+
+ ar = length (a);
+ br = length (b);
+
+ a = reshape (a, ar, 1);
+ b = reshape (b, br, 1);
+
+ ## Apply our notational convention.
+ a = [1; -a];
+ b = [1; b];
+
+ n = min (n, ar + br);
+
+ e = sqrt (v) * randn (t + n, 1);
+
+ x = filter (b, a, e);
+ x = x(n + 1 : t + n);
+
+endfunction