Hi, The `system.time(expr)' command provide 3 different times for evaluating the expression `expr'; the first two are user and system CPUs and the third one is total elapsed time. Suppose I want to compare two different computational procedures for performing the same task, which component of `system.time' is most meaningful in the sense that it most accurately reflects the computational effort of the algorithm, and does not depend upon the idiosyncrasies of the operating system.
I have always been using the first component of `system.time', which is the user CPU. Should I use the sum of user and system CPU or is the total elapsed time a better measure? I would appreciate UseR's feedback on this. Thanks very much. Best, Ravi. ____________________________________________________________________ Ravi Varadhan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology School of Medicine Johns Hopkins University Ph. (410) 502-2619 email: rvarad...@jhmi.edu ______________________________________________ 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.
