xCheckParallel

R Documentation

Function to check whether parallel computing should be used and how

Description

xCheckParallel is used to check whether parallel computing should be used and how

Usage

xCheckParallel(multicores = NULL, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

multicores	an integer to specify how many cores will be registered as the multicore parallel backend to the 'foreach' package. If NULL, it will use a half of cores available in a user's computer
verbose	logical to indicate whether the messages will be displayed in the screen. By default, it sets to true for display

Value

TRUE for using parallel computing; FALSE otherwise

Note

Whether parallel computation with multicores is used is system-specific. Also, it will depend on whether these two packages "foreach" and "doParallel" have been installed.

See Also

xCheckParallel

Examples

RData.location <- "http://galahad.well.ox.ac.uk/bigdata"
## Not run: 
xCheckParallel()

## End(Not run)