pbdMPI is an R package providing a simplified interface to MPI by utilizing
S4 classes and methods with a focus on SPMD parallel programming style.

pbdMPI requires
  - R version 2.14.0 or higher.
  - SUN HPC 8.2.1 (OpenMPI) for Solaris.
  - OpenMPI for Linux.
  - OpenMPI for Mac OS X.
  - MS-MPI or MPICH2 for Windows.

For installing pbdMPI, 
  - see "INSTALL" for Solaris, Linux and Mac OS.
  - see "INSTALL.win.*" for Windows.

More information about pbdMPI can be found in
  1. pbdMPI vignette at 'pbdMPI/inst/doc/pbdMPI-guide.pdf'.
  2. 'http://r-pbd.org/'.
