[BlindRUG] [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Problem with processing capacity.

[shey lontum]

Thanks allot Robin.

On 3/25/20, Robin Williams via BlindRUG <blindrug at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This question might be more appropriate for Stack Exchange or something
> similar. My only advice would be to call the garbage collection function
> gc() at regular points in your code. Otherwise, it might well be that you
> need to find an alternative machine, or to reduce the number of computations
> in another way. I'm afraid I'm not familiar with this package.
>
> Bests,
> Robin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindRUG <blindrug-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of shey lontum via
> BlindRUG
> Sent: 25 March 2020 04:20
> To: Blind R Users Group <blindrug at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: shey lontum <sheylontum at gmail.com>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] [BlindRUG] Problem with processing capacity.
>
> Greetings to the Blind RUG community. Please I need help with a problem as
> follows:
>
> I am working on a modeling project, part of which involves fitting a
> Bayesian model with a uniform prior. I am using the bas.lm function from the
> BAS package. The project is written on r markdown and rendered using the
> rmarkdown package.
>
> When I try to render the document, execution delays on the Bayesian modeling
> chunk for ages, only to come up later with an error that
> says: “Cannot allocate vector of size 10.3GB”. I used memory.limit() to
> increase available memory, and this time the process freeses my computer
> entirely for the entire day and I have to finally terminate the process
> through a forced shut down.
>
> I have tried R studio cloud and a number of cloud alternatives, but I
> struggle to figure out how they work. Please can someone suggest a cloud
> option that works, or any other possible solution to the problem?
>
> I use a Lenovo thinkpad computer with an intel core I-7 processor, quart
> core at 2.2 GZ, and a 16 GB Ram. If someone has more superior processing
> capabilities and can help me, I can send over the Rmd file and the data.
>
> Regards.
> Shey.
>
>
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-- 
Lontum E. Nchadze (M.Sc)
2017 Mandela Washington Fellow (Georgia State University)
Statistical Analyst (Cameroon Ministry of Finance)
+(237) 677 199 500
"To win a war is not to win every battle, but to win crucial battles."