[R] How can I use muliple cores of CPU in Windows or OS X?

[Uwe Ligges]

On 06.11.2013 00:26, Simon Pickert wrote:
> Mcapply from package 'parallel'. Also see package 'multicore'

Not mcapply: it won't work under Windows that the OP asked for.

But package parallel is the right hint. It also provides other 
parallelization techniques that will work under Windows.

Best,
Uwe Ligges



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>> Am 06.11.2013 um 00:01 schrieb Agony <agony_jah at yahoo.com>:
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>> Dear all,
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>> I have about 50 pages of R codes and ran it in both OS X and Windows.
>> It takes at least haft a day to have the results. The running time is not very different in both Systems.
>> I found that R does not use all cores of CPU by default.
>> Can anybody help me to use all cores of CPU in my programming from the beginning or through programming in both OS X and Windows?
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>> Many thanks your attention and help in advance.
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>> Best,
>> Amir
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