
Chapter 12
Parallel Matrix
Operations
The matrix is one of the core types in the R language, so much so that there
is even an entire book titled Hands-on Matrix Algebra Using R (Hrishikesh
Vinod, World Scientific, 2011). And in recent years, the range of applica-
tions of matrices has expanded, from the traditional areas such as regression
analysis and principal components to image processing and the analysis of
random graphs in social networks.
In modern applications, matrices are often huge, with sizes of tens of thou-
sands of rows, and far more, being commonplace. Thus there is a large
demand for parallel matrix algorithms, the subject of this chapter. ...