Easier parallel computing in R with snowfall and sfCluster

Many statistical analysis task in areas such as bioinformatics are computationally very intensive, while lots of them rely on embarrasingly parallel computations (Ananth Grama, 2003). Multiple computers or even multiple processor cores on standard desktop computers, which are widespread available nowadays, can easily contribute to faster analyses.

Jochen Knaus , Christine Porzelius , Harald Binder , Guido Schwarzer
2009-6-01

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Knaus, et al., "Easier parallel computing in R with snowfall and sfCluster", The R Journal, 2009

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@article{RJ-2009-004,
  author = {Knaus, Jochen and Porzelius, Christine and Binder, Harald and Schwarzer, Guido},
  title = {Easier parallel computing in R with snowfall and sfCluster},
  journal = {The R Journal},
  year = {2009},
  note = {https://doi.org/10.32614/RJ-2009-004},
  doi = {10.32614/RJ-2009-004},
  volume = {1},
  issue = {1},
  issn = {2073-4859},
  pages = {54-59}
}