-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Brice - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Use GnuPG with Firefox : http://getfiregpg.org (Version: 0.7.10)
iEYEARECAAYFAkvGn9wACgkQD4An23RoCeNv+wCdE0JWoOQ2KgfSG+8cq91eJv2w Vu8An1/rE2pgT6CY0Xm+9wyc0GXaKgF6 =lTnV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > Thanks for your interest. I think my situation is much simpler though: > - splitting the task into parallel processes is straightforward (one > process for each combination of the dataset and parameters) > - data and code transfer between nodes is also straightforward since > the file system is shared (NFS) > - aggregating the result is also easy: a simple way is to save the > result in a file, properly labeled, and aggregate these files at the > end of the computation. > > The constraint is that the computation has to be done under Matlab (is > this possible with Hadoop? my guess is no). > > So the only 'difficulty' is to open matlab sessions on remote hosts, > send them some instructions, detect when the job is complete, reassign > a new job and so on. This seems very basic to me, I think I could do > it in a week or so. I have some other things to do though, hence the > job offer. Have you looked at the R Project (http://www.r-project.org/). Perhaps that is what you need? Harish _______________________________________________ LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected]
