Hello, after (1) getting independent components from the (200*20) data matrix X_t by applying PearsonICA(data matrix, n.comp = 2, row.norm = FALSE, maxit = 200, tol = 1e-04, border.base = c(2.6, 4), border.slope = c(0, 1), verbose = FALSE, w.init = NULL, na.rm = FALSE, whitening.only = FALSE, PCA.only = FALSE) I am (2) trying to let the ICA-components converge (abs($S_1-$S_0)<0) in the relation X_t=Lambda*F+Lambda1*Y with F as estimated factors obtained from the observed time series X_t (200*1-vector) and Y_t(2*1-vector). The goal is to obtain final estimate of F and then to estimate VAR in F and Y, FAVAR. My version is: #multiplicate the rows (20 time periods) of the column-ordered by variables matrix X_ with the column of the two independent components from the step (1), get the initial #estimate F_0 #print (F_0) while (abs(F_0-F_1)<0,01) { regression<-lm(X_t~F_0,Y_t) #here is the place for beta_y_t, obtained regression coefficient relating to Y_t beta_y_t<-regression$coefficients[2] X_1_t<-X_t-beta_y_t*Y_t #new data F_0<-PearsonICA(X_1_t, n.comp = 2, row.norm = FALSE, maxit = 200, tol = 1e-04, border.base = c(2.6, 4), border.slope = c(0, 1), verbose = FALSE, w.init = NULL, na.rm = FALSE, whitening.only = FALSE, PCA.only = FALSE) F_1<-F_0 } F_1 Thanks in advance Viktor