[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 need to use to accomplish this? I had a look at, try() etc. but they didn't seem so fit my needs. I would appreciate any suggestions.. best regards __ 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.
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 PM, Immanuel mane.d...@googlemail.com wrote: 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 need to use to accomplish this? I had a look at, try() etc. but they didn't seem so fit my needs. I would appreciate any suggestions.. best regards __ 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. -- Men by nature long to get on to the ultimate truths, and will often be impatient with elementary studies or fight shy of them. If it were possible to reach the ultimate truths without the elementary studies usually prefixed to them, these would not be preparatory studies but superfluous diversions. -- Maimonides (1135-1204) Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics __ 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.
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 bgun...@gene.com wrote: ?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 PM, Immanuel mane.d...@googlemail.com wrote: 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 need to use to accomplish this? I had a look at, try() etc. but they didn't seem so fit my needs. I would appreciate any suggestions.. best regards __ 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. -- Men by nature long to get on to the ultimate truths, and will often be impatient with elementary studies or fight shy of them. If it were possible to reach the ultimate truths without the elementary studies usually prefixed to them, these would not be preparatory studies but superfluous diversions. -- Maimonides (1135-1204) Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics -- Men by nature long to get on to the ultimate truths, and will often be impatient with elementary studies or fight shy of them. If it were possible to reach the ultimate truths without the elementary studies usually prefixed to them, these would not be preparatory studies but superfluous diversions. -- Maimonides (1135-1204) Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics 467-7374 http://pharmadevelopment.roche.com/index/pdb/pdb-functional-groups/pdb-biostatistics/pdb-ncb-home.htm __ 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.
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 posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.