Opens a parallel cluster for computation, registers it for parallel operations,
and ensures its closure on script exit.
Usage
openCluster(cluster.type = "SOCK", np = 2, progBar = TRUE, debugging = FALSE)
Arguments
- cluster.type
A character string specifying the type of cluster.
Accepted values are "SOCK", "FORK", or "MPI".
- np
An integer specifying the number of processes to be used in the parallel cluster.
- progBar
logical. If TRUE a progress bar is shown.
- debugging
logical. For developer use.
Value
An object representing the parallel cluster.
Examples
if (FALSE) {
# Open a SOCK cluster with 4 cores
cls <- openCluster("SOCK", 4)
# Your parallel computation code here
# The cluster will automatically close when the script exits
}