parallel.py

from IPython.parallel import Client
c = Client()
c.ids

dview = c[:]
dview.block = True
dview.apply(lambda : "Hello, World")

lview = c.load_balanced_view()
lview.block = True

import pandas
dat = pandas.read_csv('bayArea.csv', header = None)
dat.columns = ('Year','Month','DayofMonth','DayOfWeek','DepTime','CRSDepTime','ArrTime','CRSArrTime','UniqueCarrier','FlightNum','TailNum','ActualElapsedTime','CRSElapsedTime','AirTime','ArrDelay','DepDelay','Origin','Dest','Distance','TaxiIn','TaxiOut','Cancelled','CancellationCode','Diverted','CarrierDelay','WeatherDelay','NASDelay','SecurityDelay','LateAircraftDelay')

dview.execute('import statsmodels.api as sm')

dat2 = dat.loc[:, ('DepDelay','Year','Dest','Origin')]
dests = dat2.Dest.unique()

mydict = dict(dat2 = dat2, dests = dests)
dview.push(mydict)

def f(id):
    sub = dat2.loc[dat2.Dest == dests[id],:]
    sub = sm.add_constant(sub)
    model = sm.OLS(sub.DepDelay, sub.loc[:,('const','Year')])
    results = model.fit()
    return results.params

import time
time.time()
parallel_result = lview.map(f, range(len(dests)))
#result = map(f, range(len(dests)))
time.time()

# some NaN values because all 'Year' values are the same for some destinations

parallel_result