mcovarpTopN

Syntax

mcovarpTopN(X, Y, S, window, top, [ascending=true], [tiesMethod='oldest'])

Please see mTopN for the parameters and windowing logic.

Details

Within a sliding window of given length (measured by the number of elements), the function stably sorts X and Y by S in the order specified by ascending, then calculates the population covariance of the first top pairs of elements in X and Y.

Returns

The result is of type DOUBLE, with the same form as the input parameters.

Examples

x = NULL 3 8 4 0
y = 2 3 1 7 3
s = 5 NULL 8 9 4

mcovarpTopN(x, y, s, 3, 2)
// output: [ , , 0, -6, -4]

s2=2026.01.01 2026.02.03 2026.01.23 2026.04.06 2026.12.29
mcovarpTopN(x, y, s2, 3, 2)
// output: [ , 0, 0, -2.5, -6]

x1 = matrix(x, 4 3 6 2 3)
y1=matrix(3 7 9 3 2, y)
s1=matrix(2 3 1 7 3, s)

mcovarpTopN(x, y1, s1, 3, 2)
0 1
0
0 0
2.5 -6
14 -4
mcovarpTopN(x1, y1, s, 3, 2)
0 1
0
0
0 -0.5
6 -6
14 -1.5
mcovarpTopN(x1, y1, s1, 3, 2)
0 1
0
0 0
0 -0.5
2.5 -6
14 -1.5

Related Function: covarp