R: Create Default Cluster for Windowing

defaultCluster

R Documentation

Create Default Cluster for Windowing

Description

Creates a default cluster using one less than the total cores available on the system. By default this uses forking, which may not be available on 'Windows'.

Usage

defaultCluster(fork = TRUE)

Arguments

fork

If TRUE uses forking to create the cluster

Value

A cluster object for parallel processing

Examples

## Not run: 
cl <- defaultCluster()
stopCluster(cl)
cl <- defaultCluster(FALSE)
stopCluster(cl)

## End(Not run)