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# mc_example: shows how Monte Carlo can be done using mpi, Does Monte
# Carlo on the OLS estimator. Uses montecarlo.m
#
# USAGE: from the command prompt, not the octave prompt, execute
# orterun -np 2 octave --eval mc_example

1;

function betahat = olswrapper(args)
	n = args{1};
	theta = args{2};
	x = [ones(n,1) randn(n,1)];
	y = x*theta + randn(n,1);
	betahat = ols(y,x);
  	betahat = betahat';
endfunction


n = 30;
theta = [1;1];
reps = 10;
f = "olswrapper";
args = {n, theta};


montecarlo(f, args, reps)