simulator (version 0.2.5)

do_in_parallel: Do a function in parallel.

Description

This is an internal function. The function_to_do is done in parallel and its output is saved either on slave (locally) or on master.

Usage

do_in_parallel(
  function_to_do,
  function_params,
  save_to_file,
  save_params,
  socket_names,
  libraries,
  save_locally = TRUE
)

Arguments

function_to_do

this is the function that will be done in parallel

function_params

a list where function_params[[i]] is a named list of parameters to be passed to function_to_do for job i

save_to_file

function that saves stuff to file

save_params

a list where save_params[[i]] is a named list of parameters to be passed to save_to_file for job i. Each save_params[[i]] must include out_dir, which is location where file is to be saved.

socket_names

quoting from makePSOCKcluster: "either a character vector of host names on which to run the worker copies of R, or a positive integer (in which case that number of copies is run on localhost)."

libraries

character vector of R packages that will be needed on the slaves.

save_locally

if TRUE, then files will be saved on slaves. If FALSE, they will be saved on master.