How-to go parallel in R – basics + tips

Don’t waist another second, start parallelizing your computations today! The image is CC by  Smudge 9000

Don’t waist another second, start parallelizing your computations today! The image is CC by Smudge 9000

Today is a good day to start parallelizing your code. I’ve been using the parallel package since its integration with R (v. 2.14.0) and its much easier than it at first seems. In this post I’ll go through the basics for implementing parallel computations in R, cover a few common pitfalls, and give tips on how to avoid them. Continue reading