Changes in version 0.1.8 (2026-01-09)                  

  - made changes to some function examples.

                        Changes in version 0.1.7                        

  - Made change in trycatch error message for HLRTest() to better
    describe optimization issues.
  - Made minor changes to article.R example file.

                 Changes in version 0.1.6 (2025-10-23)                  

  - Updated MLE estimation following deprecation of hin>=0 (inequality
    constraint direction) in slsqr
  - Changed OLS unbiased estimates of models with k=1 to be consistent
    with MLE estimates. Package is for testing more than estimation so
    comparison with MLE-based tetsing is prioritized.
  - Changed use of arma::is_finite(X) to std::isfinite(X) because former
    is now deprecated.

                 Changes in version 0.1.5 (2025-02-24)                  

  - patch to compile following (Rcpp) Armadillo update (i.e., added
    proper namespace scopeas_scalar).

                 Changes in version 0.1.2 (2024-05-31)                  

  - Made change to MSARmdl(), MSVARmdl(), and HMmdl(). Specifically,
    when msmu or msvar is FALSE, output list copies single regime value
    for each k regime. This is needed for simulating the null when
    either msmu or msvar is FALSE in LMCLRTest() and MMCLRTest().
  - Added option to use different number of initial values for
    estimating MSMs with observed data vs. for null distribution (see
    documentation for LMCLRTest() and MMCLRTest()).
  - Updated USGNP data set to include 2022 Q3.
  - MMCLRTest() now has the option to add lower and upper bounds for
    autoregressive coefficients and transition probabilities to help
    reduce errors from polyroot() when optimizing. MMC_bounds() has been
    updated to reflect this.
  - DLMMCTest() now has the option to add lower and upper bounds for
    autoregressive coefficients to help reduce errors from polyroot()
    when optimizing. DLMMC_bounds() has been created for this.
  - Fixed error in bootCV() used by CHPTest(). When NaN occurs, new draw
    is used.
  - Added option to allow user to specify 'mle_theta_low' and
    'mle_theta_upp' which determine the lower and upper bounds for
    optimization in HMmdl(), MSARmdl(), and MSVARmdl() when
    "method='MLE'" is specified.
  - print.CHPTest() now used two lines to print description.
  - In HLRTest() user can now define entire grid for transition
    probabilities.
  - added new optional optimization routine for HLRparamSearch()
    (nloptr::slsqp() can be used now).
  - Fixed bug in HLRTest() where grid for sigma options are properly
    used now.
  - Now using nearest_spd() from pracma instead of nearPD() from lmf
    package.
  - Added classes for simulation functions
  - Added new methods, namely: coef, fitted, predict, summary,
    residuals, nobs, plot
  - Made changes to print method.
  - Changed methods for models, namely: logLiklihood now uses logLik,
    and aic and bic now use AIC and BIC methods.
  - Updated USGNP dataset to include data up to end of 2023.
  - Updated README.md file with usage of new methods.
  - Updated DESCRIPTION file for changed dependencies and new version.

                 Changes in version 0.1.1 (2023-01-31)                  

  - Made changes to MMC LRT related functions for obtaining null
    distribution of statistical test.
  - Added more examples. Examples that take long to complete are
    commented out but serve to get familiar with usage.
  - Fixed bug related to using init_theta (setting initial values of
    parameters) when estimating Markov models (i.e. MSARmdl(), HMmdl(),
    and MSVARmdl()).
  - Fixed bug in MMC_bound() when k0>1
  - Updated DESCRIPTION file for new version.

                 Changes in version 0.1.0 (2022-10-19)                  

  - Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.
  - Added a README.md file to describe the package.
  - First public version of package.