Re: [R] How to abort function execution after x-seconds

Hello Bert, thanks for the suggestion. I should have mentioned that, sadly I can NOT change the function that does the optimization. best, Immanuel __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the

Re: [R] How to abort function execution after x-seconds

I should have said: The below only works if you can get it into the function code. If you cannot, and the function has no options that allow you to limit execution time or iterations, then I don't see how you can do it. -- Bert On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Bert Gunter wrote: > ?proc.time > >

Re: [R] How to abort function execution after x-seconds

?proc.time e.g. something like time0 <- proc.time()[2] state <- "not converged" while(proc.time()[2] < time0[2] + 600 ) ## 10 minutes { ##... Do your thing... if(get an answer) {state <- "converged"; break} } Refinement required, but you get the idea. Cheers, Bert On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 1:52

[R] How to abort function execution after x-seconds

Hello all, I'm running a parameter grid optimization ( ksvm, kernlab package) and the optimizer seems not to converge for certain parameters and stays in a infinity loop. Would it be possible to abort the execution after x-seconds and continue with the next parameter set? Which R function do n