[R] reproducible sample() in mclapply

[David Winsemius]

On Mar 13, 2012, at 12:51 PM, Lik Wee Lee wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Using the multicore package and calling sample() in mclapply,
> how do I get the results to be reproducible?
> I know the random number is seeded by process id and so is
> different for each run.

You might want to look up the thread in last month's section of the R- 
devel mailing list Archives entitled "portable parallel seeds project:  
request for critiques""

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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT