A multicore future is a future whose value will be resolved asynchronously in a parallel process

MulticoreFuture(
  expr = NULL,
  substitute = TRUE,
  envir = parent.frame(),
  globals = TRUE,
  lazy = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

expr: An R expression.
substitute: If TRUE, argument expr is substitute():ed, otherwise not.
envir: The environment from where global objects should be identified.
globals: (optional) a logical, a character vector, or a named list to control how globals are handled. For details, see section 'Globals used by future expressions' in the help for future().
lazy: If FALSE (default), the future is resolved eagerly (starting immediately), otherwise not.
...: Additional named elements passed to Future().

MulticoreFuture() returns an object of class MulticoreFuture.

To use 'multicore' futures, use plan(multicore, ...), cf. multicore.