Math 481/581, Project 1

Deadline: October 11, 2003

Purpose

• To conduct a numerical experiment using R
• To combine the use of LaTeX, XFig and R in presenting scientific results

Details

• Choose a problem you wish to investigate. This list contains sample problems to choose from, but you can solve another problem that you are interested in. However, if you choose your own problem, you should discuss it with me.
• Create one or more R input files, with suffix .r which will solve the problem, generate the graphics, etc. One of the files should be named master.r and will run all the code necessary to generate your output by using the command source("master.r")
• Create a LaTeX file paper.tex which will describe the results of your experiments. Try to naturally incorporate graphics, formulas and tables into the file. Here are some examples of uses of the techniques we have learned:
  • If your topic is the ranking of poker hands then you could illustrate the various hands with graphics.
  • If you are studying frequency tables, you can present the results of hist command, in addition to presenting a table.
  • If you are evaluating an integral then you should include the formula for the integral.
  • If you are simulating brownian motion or random walk, describe how the cumsum works.
  Also, include at least 2 citations in your paper. They could be textbooks or Web sites.

What to turn in?

math481:proj1

A note on grading