***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** R does at times have memory issues. One solution is to specify the memory allocation. memory.limit(size=) Deven T. Hamilton University of Washington Department of Sociology On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, York Yao wrote: > ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** > > +1 > > I am also very interested to know whether R has memory constraints. > > York > > On 4/26/07, Tucker McGrimmon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> ***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** >> >> Hi, >> >> I am working with a large, but relatively sparse network, and trying >> to fit some ERGMs. There appears to be memory problems when using R. The >> typically error message R produces is >> >> "Error: cannot allocate vector of size 222757 Kb" >> >> My understanding is that while the ERGM is running R runs out of >> virtually memory. Typically this could be solved by using a 64 bit >> machine and allowing it some time. But it also depends on R. >> >> I was wondering if anyone knew if R and the package Statnet were written >> with 32 bit or 64 bit hardware in mind. That is, is the memory problem >> above arising because I am running R & Statnet within windows on a 32 >> bit computer or because R & Statnet were written as a "32 bit program" >> ie. software versus hardware problem or both? >> >> Thanks for the help, >> >> Tucker McGrimmon >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social >> network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send >> an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line >> UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. >> > > _____________________________________________________________________ > SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social > network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send > an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line > UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message. > _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.