BM.circle {animation}R Documentation

Brownian Motion in a circle

Description

Several points moving randomly in a circle.

Usage

BM.circle(n = 20, col = rainbow(n), ...)

Arguments

n

number of points

col

colors of points

...

other parameters passed to points

Details

This is a solution to the question raised in R-help: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2008-December/183018.html.

Value

Invisible NULL.

Note

The maximum number of steps in the motion is specified in ani.options('nmax').

Author(s)

Yihui Xie

References

http://http://vis.supstat.com/2012/11/brownian-motion-with-r/

See Also

brownian.motion, rnorm

Examples

oopt = ani.options(interval = 0.1, nmax = ifelse(interactive(), 
    300, 2))
par(mar = rep(0.5, 4))
BM.circle(cex = 2, pch = 19)

saveHTML({
    par(mar = rep(0.5, 4), pch = 19)
    ani.options(interval = 0.05, nmax = ifelse(interactive(), 
        100, 10))
    BM.circle(cex = 2, pch = 19)
}, img.name = "BM.circle", htmlfile = "BM.circle.html", 
    ani.height = 450, ani.width = 450, single.opts = paste("'controls':", 
        "['first', 'previous', 'play', 'next', 'last', 'loop', 'speed'],", 
        "'delayMin': 0"), title = "Brownian Motion in a Circle", 
    description = "Brownian Motion in a circle.")

ani.options(oopt)


[Package animation version 2.3 Index]