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Embarrassingly Easy Embarrassingly Parallel Processing in R: Implementation and Reproducibility

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  • Michael S. Delgado

    (Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University)

  • Christopher F. Parmeter

    (Department of Economics, University of Miami)

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  • Michael S. Delgado & Christopher F. Parmeter, 2013. "Embarrassingly Easy Embarrassingly Parallel Processing in R: Implementation and Reproducibility," Working Papers 2013-06, University of Miami, Department of Economics.
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