problems with parfor and matlabpool: Error using parallel_function at 598

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Hi, I'm trying to speed up my code using parfor instead of for but it doesn't work. It gives me the error: ??? Error using ==> parallel_function at 598 Error in ==> simuconf at 186 Matrix dimensions must agree. Do you have any suggestion? Thank you very much!
global n m B b r
m=5;
n=4;
B=7;
b=3;
r=10;
temp=zeros(B,201);
load coeffconfidsimple
cutoffcoeffs=size(coeffconfidsimple,1);
matlabpool open 2
tic
parfor w=1:B
mstr=num2str(w);
subsubdata=load(['subdata' mstr '.mat']);
subfreq=load(['freq' mstr '.mat']);
C= struct2cell(subsubdata);
D= struct2cell(subfreq);
subdata= cell2mat(C);
freq=cell2mat(D);
compare=zeros(cutoffcoeffs,1);
for x=1:cutoffcoeffs
[compare(x)]=simuconf(coeffconfidsimple(x,:)',subdata,freq); %simuconf is a function of three arguments; in addition it uses the global variables stated at the beginning
end
temp(w,:)=[w (compare*size(subdata,1)'];
end
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Accepted Answer

Matt J
Matt J on 4 Nov 2013
Another thing to try is putting line 186 of simuconf inside a try...catch. If an error occurs, write all data used on line 186 to a .mat file and abort. Then, you can examine the sizes and contents of the matrices in the mat file to see what went wrong.

More Answers (1)

Matt J
Matt J on 4 Nov 2013
The error is at line 186 in simuconf. Do this
>> dbstop if error
Then replace parfor with "for" and re-run.
  2 Comments
MRC
MRC on 4 Nov 2013
It works with for. I think there should be something which is not compatible with parfor but I don't understand what.
Matt J
Matt J on 4 Nov 2013
Edited: Matt J on 4 Nov 2013
The error is coming from simuconf. That's what needs to be examined, not just your outer file.

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