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    Running examples in 'MSBVAR-Ex.R' failed.
    The error most likely occurred in:

    > ### * SZ.prior.evaluation
    >
    > flush(stderr()); flush(stdout())
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    > ### Name: SZ.prior.evaluation
    > ### Title: Sims-Zha Bayesian VAR Prior Specification Search
    > ### Aliases: SZ.prior.evaluation
    > ### Keywords: models multivariate
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    > ### ** Examples
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    > Y <- EuStockMarkets
    > results <- SZ.prior.evaluation(window(Y, start=c(1998, 1), end=c(1998,149)), p=3,
    + lambda0=c(1,0.9),
    + lambda1=c(0.1,0.2),
    + lambda3=c(0,1),
    + lambda4=c(0.1,0.25),
    + lambda5=0,
    + mu5=4,
    + mu6=4, z=NULL,
    + nu=ncol(Y)+1, qm=4,
    + prior=0,
    + nstep=20,
    + y.future=window(Y, start=c(1998,150)))
    Finished model 1 of 16
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    > # Now plot the RMSE and marginal posterior of the data for each of the
    > # 6 period forecasts as a function of the prior parameters. This can
    > # easily be done using a lattice graphic.
    >
    > library(lattice)
    >
    > attach(as.data.frame(results))
    > get(getOption("device"))()
    Error in get(getOption("device")) : invalid first argument
    Execution halted