Simulation results change even with fixed seed

Dynare help (legacy posts)
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I am running a dynare program where in the simulations, even though I fix the seed, if I run it twice, the results change. Before each run, I clear the memory. I’m talking about things like the standard deviation of variables. I ran it on my apple macbook pro, on my unversity’s research computing cluster, and my coauthor ran it on her windows computer. In each instance, the results change.

I am running a dynare program using Matlab version R2016b Dynare 4.3.3 on a macbook pro. My university’s research computing cluster has Matlab R2016a and Dynare 4.3.3.

This is very strange to me. Has anyone else ever had this problem? Any ideas/suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated.

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How do you fix the seed? Also, please try the Dynare 4.5. Older version may not be compatible with the newer version to adress Matlab’s random number generator.

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set_dynare_seed(82784) ;

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Have you tried Dynare 4.5?