Parallel Computing and Packages of Octave

Here is some interesting information on Parallel Computation for Octave

1. openmpi_ext
   MPI functions for parallel computing using simple MPI Derived Datatypes. It requires Octave
   (>= 3.2.4)
2. parallel
   Parallel execution package for cluster computers. For parallel execution on a single machine see e.g. function parcellfun (author: Jaroslav Hajek) in package general. It requires Octave (>= 3.0.0)
3. multicore
   An Octave-forge package providing functions for parallel processing on multiple cores. It requires (>= 2.9.12)

For more information on Octave Packages, see Octave Package