\name{piest} \alias{piest} %- Also NEED an '\alias' for EACH other topic documented here. \title{ Estimation of pi %% ~~function to do ... ~~ } \description{ Estimation of pi by a simulation; see page 293 of HMC. %% ~~ A concise (1-5 lines) description of what the function does. ~~ } \usage{ piest(n) } %- maybe also 'usage' for other objects documented here. \arguments{ \item{n}{ %% ~~Describe \code{n} here~~ } } \details{ %% ~~ If necessary, more details than the description above ~~ } \value{ %% ~Describe the value returned %% If it is a LIST, use %% \item{comp1 }{Description of 'comp1'} %% \item{comp2 }{Description of 'comp2'} %% ... } \references{ Hogg, R.V., McKean, J.W. and Craig, A.T. (2018), \emph{Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, 8th Ed.}, Pearson: Boston. %% ~put references to the literature/web site here ~ } \author{ Joe McKean %% ~~who you are~~ } \note{ %% ~~further notes~~ } %% ~Make other sections like Warning with \section{Warning }{....} ~ \seealso{ %% ~~objects to See Also as \code{\link{help}}, ~~~ } \examples{ ##---- Should be DIRECTLY executable !! ---- ##-- ==> Define data, use random, ##-- or do help(data=index) for the standard data sets. ## The function is currently defined as function (n) { u1 <- runif(n) u2 <- runif(n) cnt <- rep(0, n) chk <- u1^2 + u2^2 - 1 cnt[chk < 0] <- 1 est <- mean(cnt) se <- 4 * sqrt(est * (1 - est)/n) est <- 4 * est list(estimate = est, standard = se) } } % Add one or more standard keywords, see file 'KEYWORDS' in the % R documentation directory. \keyword{ ~kwd1 } \keyword{ ~kwd2 }% __ONLY ONE__ keyword per line