nws (version 1.7.0.1)

nws-package: The NetWorkSpaces Package

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").