Running a matlab file multiple times on the same computer

Can I run the same version of my matlab code, simultaneously, on the same computer (with different input data and input/output folders)?

My computer has 4 cores and I want to take advantage of this.

[Kostas Housiadas]

One answer is that you make multiple copies of the same code and run each one in batch mode.

[Walter Roberson]

No need to use multiple copies of the code if you redirect stdin and stdout. input() the name of the input data file and output data file.

Answer 1

[Bob Thompson]

Short answer is yes, it is possible, but unfortunately I am not exactly sure how to do it. If I remember the method I saw it was not done in Matlab, but rather with a cmd window executable.

If you have the parallel computing box it is possible to conduct this within Matlab itself, using parpool.

This might be helpful for running externally.