Thanks for that I hadn't realised parallel could run on windows Pc's. The code is differential evolution but its not part of a package.
Still I would like to be able to use cloud computing if possible, any thoughts on the easiest way to achieve that using a windows based PC? Found this blog which seems to give pretty clear instructions: http://travisnelson.net/2011/05/05/ec2-micro-instance-of-rstudio/ and was also recommended cloudRmpi package. Have you experience with either of these? -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Parallel-R-tp4643175p4643186.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.