epi_utils_multicore: Setup a parallel run

In AntonioJBT/episcout: Quickly Clean, Explore and Visualise Large Epidemiological Datasets

Description

epi_utils_multicore() setups a parallel function call using the package future.

Usage

epi_utils_multicore(num_cores = NULL, future_plan = "multiprocess",
  gc = TRUE, verbose = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

num_cores	Number of cores to use. Default cores - 1.
future_plan	The strategy to use for plan(). Default is 'multiprocess'.
gc	Garbage collection. Default is TRUE. Not all strategies use it though and cause an overhead.
verbose	Prints out the settings for future::plan(). Default is TRUE.
...	pass any further parameters accepted by future::plan().

Value

Nothing

Note

num_cores is calculated as max(1, parallel::detectCores() - 1). If using sequential a warning will be emitted for workers. Not all strategies use gc(). See plan.

Author(s)

Antonio Berlanga-Taylor <https://github.com/AntonioJBT/episcout>

See Also

plan, detectCores, registerDoFuture, availableCores, availableWorkers.

Examples

## Not run: 
epi_utils_multicore(num_cores = 1, future_plan = 'sequential')
future_v %<-% { sum(1 + 2)}
future_v
epi_utils_multicore(future_plan = 'multiprocess')
future_v %<-% {sum(2 + 2)}
future_v

## End(Not run)

AntonioJBT/episcout documentation built on Nov. 7, 2019, 5:34 p.m.