[R] CPU usage while running R code

[Jeff Newmiller]

R does not parallelize its operation automatically... you have to use R code that splits the work you give it into multiple tasks.

See ?parallel
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Franckx Laurent <laurent.franckx at vito.be> wrote:

>I am currently running an R program on a computer with 16 Gb memory
>(Windows7, 64 bit). When I look at the task manager, I see that only 4
>out of the 8 CPUs are being used. Is this due to some missing in the R
>code, or should I change something to the settings of the computer?
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