[R] Parallel R

[Whit Armstrong]

I addition to Michael's suggestions, you can also check out this
tutorial which shows how to use lapply into EC2.

http://www.rinfinance.com/agenda/2012/workshop/WhitArmstrong.pdf

Unfortunately, rzmq is not available on windows, so this may not be
the best solution for your setup.

-Whit


On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Bazman76 <h_a_patience at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for that I hadn't realised parallel could run on windows Pc's.
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> The code is differential evolution but its not part of a package.
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> Still I would like to be able to use cloud computing if possible, any
> thoughts on the easiest way to achieve that using a windows based PC?
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> Found this blog which seems to give pretty clear instructions:
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> http://travisnelson.net/2011/05/05/ec2-micro-instance-of-rstudio/
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> and was also recommended cloudRmpi package.
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> Have you experience with either of these?
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