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+## Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Kurt Hornik
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
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+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} autoreg_matrix (@var{y}, @var{k})
+## Given a time series (vector) @var{y}, return a matrix with ones in the
+## first column and the first @var{k} lagged values of @var{y} in the
+## other columns. I.e., for @var{t} > @var{k}, @code{[1,
+## @var{y}(@var{t}-1), @dots{}, @var{y}(@var{t}-@var{k})]} is the t-th row
+## of the result. The resulting matrix may be used as a regressor matrix
+## in autoregressions.
+## @end deftypefn
+
+## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
+## Description: Design matrix for autoregressions
+
+function X = autoreg_matrix (y, k)
+
+ if (nargin != 2)
+ print_usage ();
+ endif
+
+ if (! (isvector (y)))
+ error ("autoreg_matrix: Y must be a vector");
+ endif
+
+ T = length (y);
+ y = reshape (y, T, 1);
+ X = ones (T, k+1);
+ for j = 1 : k;
+ X(:, j+1) = [(zeros (j, 1)); y(1:T-j)];
+ endfor
+
+endfunction
+
+
+%!test
+%! K=4;
+%! A = zeros(1,K+1);
+%! A(1) = 1;
+%! B = eye(K+1);
+%! B(:,1) = 1;
+%! assert (autoreg_matrix(A,K),B);
+
+%!error autoreg_matrix()
+%!error autoreg_matrix(1)
+%!error autoreg_matrix(ones(4,1),5)