executeMethod

The function <code>executeMethod</code> is really the heart of
distcomp. It executes an arbitrary method on an object that
has been serialized to the distcomp workspace with any
specified arguments. The result, which is dependent on the
computation that is executed, is returned. If the object needs
to save state between iterations on it, it is automatically
serialized back for the ensuing iterations

Implementing algorithms and fitting models when sites (possibly remote) share
computation summaries rather than actual data over HTTP with a master R process (using
'opencpu', for example). A stratified Cox model and a singular value decomposition are
provided. The former makes direct use of code from the R 'survival' package. (That is,
the underlying Cox model code is derived from that in the R 'survival' package.)
Sites may provide data via several means: CSV files, Redcap API, etc. An extensible
design allows for new methods to be added in the future and includes facilities
for local prototyping and testing. Web applications are provided (via 'shiny') for
the implemented methods to help in designing and deploying the computations.

Balasubramanian Narasimhan

distcomp

Computations over Distributed Data without Aggregation

Marina Bendersky

Sam Gross

Thomas Lumley

executeMethod function

<dl><dt>objectId</dt>
<dd>the (instance) identifier of the object on which to invoke a method</dd>
<dt>method</dt>
<dd>the name of the method to invoke</dd>
<dt>...</dt>
<dd>further arguments as appropriate for the method</dd></dl>

Arguments

Given the id of a serialized object, invoke a method on the object
with arguments — executeMethod

<dl>

<dt>objectId</dt>
<dd>the (instance) identifier of the object on which to invoke a method</dd>


<dt>method</dt>
<dd>the name of the method to invoke</dd>


<dt>...</dt>
<dd>further arguments as appropriate for the method</dd>

</dl>

executeMethod: Given the id of a serialized object, invoke a method on the object with arguments

Description

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Arguments