setup_cluster {mcmcsae}

Set up a cluster for parallel computing

Description

The cluster is set up for a number of workers by loading the mcmcsae package and setting up independent RNG streams.

Usage

setup_cluster(n.cores = NULL, seed = NULL, export = NULL)

Arguments

n.cores

the number of cpu cores to use.

seed

optional random seed for reproducibility.

export

a character vector with names of objects to export to the workers.

Value

An object representing the cluster.