You can cut execution time by a factor 2 simply using the fact that the double summation is symmetric in the indices j and k:
2 * sum(sapply(1:(m-1), function(k){sum(sapply((k-1):m, function(j){x[k]*x[j]*dnorm((mu[j]+mu[k])/sqrt(sig[k]+sig[j]))/sqrt(sig[k]+sig[j])}))})) + sum(x^2*dnorm((2*mu)/sqrt(2*sig))/ sqrt(2*sig)) Best, Giovanni Petris > Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:47:38 -0700 (PDT) > From: kathie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Precedence: list > > > Dear R users... > > I made the R-code for this double summation computation > > > http://www.nabble.com/file/p19213599/doublesum.jpg > > ------------------------------------------------- > Here is my code.. > > > sum(sapply(1:m, function(k){sum(sapply(1:m, > function(j){x[k]*x[j]*dnorm((mu[j]+mu[k])/sqrt(sig[k]+sig[j]))/sqrt(sig[k]+sig[j])}))})) > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > In fact, this is a part of optimization. I think if it is changed more > efficiently, then the running time could be shortened. > > How could I change this to more efficiently? Any suggestion will be greatly > appreciated. > > Kathryn Lord > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/more-efficient-double-summation...-tp19213599p19213599.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. > > -- Giovanni Petris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Associate Professor Department of Mathematical Sciences University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, AR 72701 Ph: (479) 575-6324, 575-8630 (fax) http://definetti.uark.edu/~gpetris/ ______________________________________________ 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.