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 <LI>Documentation for any code contributed by other people includes an acknowledgement or the person is listed in the OxDoc &amp;author field.</LI>
 <P/>
-<LI>Thanks to seminar participants at: Minnesota (2013), Dalhousie (2014), and Melbourne (2016).</LI>
+<LI>Thanks to seminar participants at: Minnesota (2013), Dalhousie (2014), Melbourne (2016) and Guelph (2019).</LI>
 <P/>
 <LI>Some code and documentation were written while visiting the Department of Economics, UC-Santa Barbara in 2012.</LI>
 <P/>
 <LI>Thanks to <a href="www.doornik.com">Jurgen Doornik</a> for creating and maintaining Ox.  If there were justice in the world no economist would use Matlab.</LI>
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-<LI>Thanks to <a href="">Yori Zwols</a> for creating <a href="https://github.com/yozw/oxdoc">OxDoc</a> and responding to my many requests even though he moved on long ago.</LI>
+<LI>Thanks to <a href="https://github.com/yozw">Yori Zwols</a> for creating <a href="https://github.com/yozw/oxdoc">OxDoc</a> and responding to my many requests even though he moved on long ago.</LI>
 <P/>
 <LI>Thanks to Patrick Day for his early work on this project.  His code did not end up in <span class="n">niqlow</span> but it challenged me to follow through on the original approach.</LI>
 <P/>
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 <LI>What's in a name?  As usual in dynamic programming, work backwards to find the answer.</LI>
 </UL>
 
-<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author"> &copy; 2011-2017 <a href="http://econ.queensu.ca/~ferrall">Christopher Ferrall</a>.</dd>
+<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author"> &copy; 2011-2023 <a href="http://econ.queensu.ca/~ferrall">Christopher Ferrall</a>.</dd>
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 <h1><span class="icon"><img class="icon" src="icons/file.png">&nbsp;</span><span class="text">Install</span></h1>
 
 Acquire, Install and Use <span class="n">niqlow</span>.
+<P/>
+<h3><a href="https://ferrallc.screencasthost.com/niqlow">Screenshot Guide to Installation.</a></h3>
+<P/>
 <ol class="contents">Steps
 <LI>Get and install Ox (if necessary)</LI>
 <LI>Get <span class="n">niqlow</span></LI>

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 </UL>
 
-<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author"> &copy; 2011-2019 <a href="http://econ.queensu.ca/~ferrall">Christopher Ferrall</a>.</dd>
+<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author"> &copy; 2011-2023 <a href="http://econ.queensu.ca/~ferrall">Christopher Ferrall</a>.</dd>
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 The integration over <span class="expressions">\(\zeta\)</span> is carried out internally by the virtual <a href="Bellman.ox.html#Bellman___thetaEMax">thetaEMax</a>() or its replacement and does not have to be coded by the user. The default method,  <a href="Bellman.ox.html#Bellman___thetaEMax">thetaEMax</a>(), assumes there is <span class="expressions">\(\zeta.\)</span>  Thus, the default does no integration.</p>-->
 <P/>
-<li>User-Contributed Elements of <code>MyModel</code> and <code>MyCode</code></li>
+<li >User-Contributed Elements of <code>MyModel</code> and <code>MyCode</code></li>
 <OL class="chapter">
-<LI>Utility()</LI>
+<LI id="utility">Utility()</LI>
 <code>MyModel</code> must supply a replacement for <a href="Bellman.ox.html#Bellman___Utility">Utility</a>(). Since utility depends on the current state, the method must be automatic (not static).  Here is an example with one state variable and one action and how they might determine utility.
 <DD><pre>
 &#35;import "DDP"
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 <p>As explained elsewhere, if <code>s</code> contains a state variable its "value" is not simply themselves. Likewise <code>a</code>. Their current values are retrieved by sending them to <a href="Shared.ox.html#CV">CV</a>().  Also, note that <span class="expressions">\(U()\)</span> at a state is always treated as a vector-valued function in <span class="n">DDP</span> .  So <code>CV(d)</code> is a column vector.  As a state variable <code>s</code> is a scalar at <span class="expressions">\(\theta\)</span>.</p>
 <P/>
-<LI>Reachable States</LI>
+<LI id="reachable">Reachable States</LI>
 <P/>
 A state is <em>unreachable</em> if it cannot occur given initial conditions.  For example, a person cannot have 20 years of labour market experience at age 18. Including unreachable states in the state space wastes computation and storage but does not cause any errors.</p>
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 </OL>
 
-<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author">&copy; 2011-2021 <a href="https://ferrall.github.io/">Christopher Ferrall</a></dd>
+<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author">&copy; 2011-2023 <a href="https://ferrall.github.io/">Christopher Ferrall</a></dd>
 
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 <HR/>
 
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+<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author">&copy; 2011-2023 <a href="https://ferrall.github.io/">Christopher Ferrall</a></dd></dd>
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 <P/>
 </OL>
 
-<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author">&copy; 2011-2021 <a href="https://ferrall.github.io/">Christopher Ferrall</a></dd>
+<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author">&copy; 2011-2023 <a href="https://ferrall.github.io/">Christopher Ferrall</a></dd>
 
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 <P/>
 </OL>
 
-<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author">&copy; 2011-2021 <a href="https://ferrall.github.io/">Christopher Ferrall</a></dd>
+<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author">&copy; 2011-2023 <a href="https://ferrall.github.io/">Christopher Ferrall</a></dd>
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-<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author">&copy; 2011-2021 <a href="https://ferrall.github.io/">Christopher Ferrall</a> </dd>
+<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author">&copy; 2011-2023 <a href="https://ferrall.github.io/">Christopher Ferrall</a> </dd>
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 <p>Indicator vectors make it possible to write any utility as a sum: <span class="expressions">\(U = \sum_k d_k u_k\)</span>. But as with the single action approach the interpretation is not obvious and <span class="expressions">\(U()\)</span> will in no way resemble usual mathematical notation for an objective.</p>
 <P/>
-<LI>Actual, Current and Empirical Values of an Action Variable</LI>
+<LI id="AV">Actual, Current and Empirical Values of an Action Variable</LI>
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 Usually an action variable can be an object of the base <a href="Variables.ox.html#ActionVariable">ActionVariable</a> class.  The user rarely needs to define a derived class.
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 <P/>
 </OL>
 
-<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author">&copy; 2011-2021 <a href="https://ferrall.github.io/">Christopher Ferrall</a> </dd>
+<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author">&copy; 2011-2023 <a href="https://ferrall.github.io/">Christopher Ferrall</a> </dd>
 
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 <span class="equation">$$s' = s+I\{ CV(x) \in tau\}I\{s \lt N-1\}.$$</span>
 
-<dl><dt class="example">Example:</dt><dd class="example"><code><pre>
+<dl><dt class="example">Example:</dt><dd class="example"><pre>
 decl exper = new ActionCounter("Yrs Experience",10,work); //track up to 10 years working
 EndogenousStates(exper);
-</pre></code></DD>
+</pre></DD>
 </dd>
 </dl>
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 <DT>Transition:</DT>
 <span class="equation">$$s' = I\{ x = Lag(x)\}(s+ I\{s \lt N-1\}).$$</span>
 
-<dl><dt class="example">Example:</dt><dd class="example"><code><pre>
-</pre></code></DD>
+<dl><dt class="example">Example:</dt><dd class="example"><pre>
+</pre></DD>
 </dd>
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 decl health = new IIDJump("h",<0.1;0.8;0.1>);
 </pre>
 </dd>
+</dd>
 <dt class="comments">Comments:</dt><dd class="comments">Unlike a general Markov variable, a IIDJump is eligible to be an Exogenous variable, a member of <span class="expressions">\(\epsilon\)</span>
 added to the model with <a href="DP.ox.html#DP___ExogenousStates">ExogenousStates</a>.
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 As a transition probability:
 <span class="equation">$$P(q'; q,s) = I\{ q' = q + I\{s=1\} \}.$$</span>
 </dd>
+</dd>
 </dl>
 <dl class="inherited">
 <dt>Inherited methods from <a href="Variables.ox.html#StateVariable">StateVariable</a>:</dt><dd><a href="Variables.ox.html#StateVariable___Check">Check</a>, <a href="Variables.ox.html#StateVariable___IsBlock">IsBlock</a>, <a href="Variables.ox.html#StateVariable___IsBlockMember">IsBlockMember</a>, <a href="Variables.ox.html#StateVariable___IsReachable">IsReachable</a>, <a href="Variables.ox.html#StateVariable___MakeTerminal">MakeTerminal</a>, <a href="Variables.ox.html#StateVariable___myAV">myAV</a>, <a href="Variables.ox.html#StateVariable___StateVariable">StateVariable</a>, <a href="Variables.ox.html#StateVariable___Track">Track</a>, <a href="Variables.ox.html#StateVariable___Transit">Transit</a>, <a href="Variables.ox.html#StateVariable___UnChanged">UnChanged</a></dd>
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 	decl p = probn(x*q);  // x has to be updated using current age and other x values.
 	decl ivals = CV(i);
 	return 0 ~ (1-p*ivals) ~ p*ivals;
-	}</pre>
+	}</pre></dd>
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 	EndogenousState( x = new Renewal("x",90,i,q) );
     &vellip;
 	}
-</pre>
+</pre></dd>
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 s' = .
 </pre></dd>
 
-<dl><dt class="example">Example:</dt><dd class="example"><code><pre>
-</pre></code>
+<dl><dt class="example">Example:</dt><dd class="example"><pre>
+</pre></dd>
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 decl wks  = new ActionState("wksunemp",work,10,<0>); //track up to 10 years
-EndogenousStates(wks);</pre>
+EndogenousStates(wks);</pre></dd>
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-<td class="declaration" valign="baseline">Order
+<td class="declaration" valign="baseline">Order</td>
+<td class="description" valign="baseline">number of lags [default = 1]
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 </dd>
-<dt class="example">Example:</dt><dd class="example"><pre>wrked = new LaggedAction("Worked Last Year",work);</pre>
+<dt class="example">Example:</dt><dd class="example"><pre>wrked = new LaggedAction("Worked Last Year",work);
+</pre></dd>
 </dd>
 <dt class="seealso">See also:</dt><dd class="seealso"><a href="DP.ox.html#DP___KLaggedAction">KLaggedAction</a></dd>
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 </tr>
 </table>
 </dd>
-<dt class="example">Example:</dt><dd class="example"><pre>prevoccup = new LaggedState("Prev",occup);</pre></DD>
+<dt class="example">Example:</dt><dd class="example"><pre>
+prevoccup = new LaggedState("Prev",occup);
+</pre></DD>
 </dd>
 <dt class="seealso">See also:</dt><dd class="seealso"><a href="DP.ox.html#DP___KLaggedState">KLaggedState</a></dd>
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 </dd>
 <dt class="example">Example:</dt><dd class="example">Once a person retires the stay retired forever:
-<pre>retired = new PermanentChoice("Ret",retire);</pre></dd>
+<pre>
+retired = new PermanentChoice("Ret",retire);
+</pre></dd>
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 </dl>
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 </tr>
 </table>
 </dd>
-<dt class="example">Example:</dt><dd class="example">s = new StateVariable("s",5);
+<dt class="example">Example:</dt><dd class="example"><pre>
+  s = new StateVariable("s",5);
   s->MakeTerminal(<3;4>);
   v = new StateVariable("v",1);
   v->MakeTerminal(1);
+</pre>
 </dd>
 <P/>
 Now any state for which <code>CV(s)=3</code> or <code>CV(s)=4</code> or <code>CV(v)=1</code>

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 See the FiveO <a href="hierarchy.html" target="_blank">class hierarchy</a> to see all the available algorithms.
 
-<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author">&copy; 2011-2021 <a href="https://ferrall.github.io/">Christopher Ferrall</a></dd>
+<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author">&copy; 2011-2023 <a href="https://ferrall.github.io/">Christopher Ferrall</a></dd>
 
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 </OL>
 
-<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author">&copy; 2011-2021 <a href="https://ferrall.github.io/">Christopher Ferrall</a>
+<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author">&copy; 2011-2023 <a href="https://ferrall.github.io/">Christopher Ferrall</a>
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-<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author">&copy; 2011-2022 <a href="http://econ.queensu.ca/~ferrall">Christopher Ferrall</a></dd></dd>
+<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author">&copy; 2011-2023 <a href="http://econ.queensu.ca/~ferrall">Christopher Ferrall</a></dd></dd>
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-<dl><dt class="author">Author:</dt><dd class="author">&copy; 2011-2021 <a href="https://ferrall.github.io/">Christopher Ferrall</a></dd></dd>
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