Here's what I gather you're trying to achieve from your code:
- Given two vectors drawn from different distributions (Exponential and Uniform)
- Find out which distribution the smallest number comes from
- Repeat this 100 times.
Theres a couple of problems with your code if you want to achieve this, so here's a cleaned up example:
rates <- c(5, 5, 10, 10, 5, 5, 5) # 'mean' is an inbuilt function
# Initialise the output data frame:
output <- data.frame(number=rep(0, 100), delta1=rep(1, 100), w1=rep("x1", 100))
for (i in 1:100) {
# Generating u doesn't require a for loop. Additionally, can bring in
# the (1/1.2) out the front.
u <- runif(7, min=0, max=5/6)
# Generating x doesn't need a loop either. It's better to use apply functions
# when you can!
x <- sapply(rates, function(x) { rexp(1, rate=x) })
y1 <- min(x, u)
# Now we can store the output
output[i, "number"] <- y1
# Two things here:
# 1) use all.equal instead of == to compare floating point numbers
# 2) We initialised the data frame to assume they always came from x.
# So we only need to overwrite it where it comes from u.
if (isTRUE(all.equal(y1, min(u)))) {
output[i, "delta1"] <- 0
output[i, "w1"] <- NA # Can't use NULL in a character vector.
}
}
output