The ECM Procedure

Functional Summary

Table 12.1 summarizes the statements and options available in the ECM procedure.

Table 12.1: PROC ECM Functional Summary

Description

Statement

Option

Statements

  

Specifies the information about a marginal variable

MARGINAL

 

Specifies the subset of marginal variables to analyze

VAR

 

Specifies where and how to write the full total loss sample

OUTPUT

 

Specifies where and how to write the summary statistics of the total loss sample

OUTSUM

 

Specifies the ODS tables to display (an alternative to the PRINT= option)

DISPLAY

 

Specifies the ODS tables to save as CAS output tables

DISPLAYOUT

 

Data Table Options

  

Specifies the input data table that contains the copula simulation

PROC ECM

DATA=

Specifies the input data table that contains a marginal sample

MARGINAL

DATA=

Specifies the output data table for the total loss sample

OUTPUT

OUT=

Specifies the output data table for the summary statistics

OUTSUM

OUT=

Marginal Input Options

  

Specifies the draw (sample) identifier for all marginals

PROC ECM

DRAWID=

Specifies the draw (sample) identifier for a specific marginal variable

MARGINAL

DRAWID=

Specifies the variable that contains the marginal variable sample

MARGINAL

SAMPLEVAR=

Empirical Distribution Function (EDF) Estimation Options

  

Specifies the EDF accuracy for the body region of the distribution

PROC ECM

EDFACCURACY=

Computes exact counts for the final set of bins

PROC ECM

EXACTFINALCOUNT

Specifies the maximum number of iterations for the EDF estimation algorithm

PROC ECM

MAXITER=

Suppresses the shuffling of marginal data

PROC ECM

NOSHUFFLE

Specifies a sampling fraction for the body region of the distribution

PROC ECM

SAMPLEFRACTION=

Specifies a seed for the internal pseudorandom number generator

PROC ECM

SEED=

Specifies the EDF accuracy for the tail region of the distribution

PROC ECM

TAILEDFACCURACY=

Specifies the EDF value where the tail region of the distribution begins

PROC ECM

TAILSTARTEDF=

Specifies the tolerance for the EDF estimation algorithm

PROC ECM

TOLERANCE=

Output Preparation Options

  

Writes the EDF and percentile estimates of marginals to the output data table

OUTPUT

MARGINALSOUT

Specifies the decimal precision to use in forming percentile variable names

OUTSUM

PCTLNDEC=

Specifies the prefix for the percentile variable names

OUTSUM

PCTLPRE=

Specifies the percentiles to compute and report

OUTSUM

PCTLPTS=

Specifies the method for computing the percentiles

PROC ECM

PCTLDEF=

Specifies the method for computing the percentiles of a specific marginal variable

MARGINAL

PCTLDEF=

Specifies the variable name for the total loss

OUTPUT

TOTALLOSSVAR=

Specifies the prefix for the TVaR variable names

OUTSUM

TVARPRE=

Specifies percentile values for which to compute and report the TVaR

OUTSUM

TVARPTS=

Specifies the denominator for computing second- and higher-order moments

PROC ECM

VARDEF=

Displayed Output Options

  

Suppresses all displayed output

PROC ECM

NOPRINT

Specifies which displayed output to produce

PROC ECM

PRINT=


Last updated: June 14, 2018