nws-package: The NetWorkSpaces Package

In nws: R functions for NetWorkSpaces and Sleigh

Description

NetWorkSpaces makes it easy to create and experiment with parallel programs without requiring specialized tools or hardware. You must install both the NetWorkSpaces server (on one machine) and the R NetWorkSpaces package (on all machines involved in the computation). The server is implemented using Python and Twisted (a Python package), which are required. To download and install the server, go to the R NetWorkSpaces project on Source Forge at http://sourceforge.net/projects/nws-r.

A commercial version of NetWorkSpaces which has additional fault tolerance features is available as part of REvolution Computing's ParallelR product. More information is available at http://www.revolution-computing.com/revolution/web/static/products.

Details

Further information is available in the following help topics:

sleigh	Create a sleigh for parallel execution
eachWorker	Execute a function on each of the workers in the sleigh
eachElem	Execute a function for a set of arguments
netWorkSpace	Create a NetWorkSpace
nwsStore	Assign a value to a variable in a NetWorkSpace
nwsFetch	Consume a value from a variable in a NetWorkSpace
nwsFind	Retrieve but don't consume a value from a variable in a NetWorkSpace

For a complete list of functions with individual help pages, use library(help="nws").

nws documentation built on May 2, 2019, 8:51 a.m.