Changes in version 0.6.1 (2023-12-11) 2023-12-31: Replaces ecd with gnorm. Removes Oxford-Man related functions. Changes in version 0.5.1 (2019-12-05) 2019-12-05: Bug fix release. Uses is(a,b) instead of class(a)==b. Changes in version 0.4.5 (2018-02-28) 2018-02-28: Bug fix release. The format for Oxford-Man volatility file has changed. Changes in version 0.1.1 2017-04-13: The first public release. MLE optimizer is implemented according to Zucchini's book on HMM.