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TimeGoal

is an option for various functions that specifies how long to spend doing a particular operation.

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TimeGoal

TimeGoal

is an option for various functions that specifies how long to spend doing a particular operation.

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  • TimeGoalt specifies that around t seconds of CPU time should be spent doing a particular operation.
  • TimeGoalQuantity[n,"unit"] specifies the time goal using a quantity. Possible forms for "unit" include "Seconds", "Minutes", "Hours".
  • Since different computer systems run at different speeds, the same setting for TimeGoal can lead to different results on different systems.

Examples

Basic Examples  (2)

Train a classifier while specifying a total training time of 5 seconds:

Train a predictor while specifying a total training time of 3 seconds:

Wolfram Research (2017), TimeGoal, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TimeGoal.html.

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Wolfram Research (2017), TimeGoal, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TimeGoal.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2017. "TimeGoal." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TimeGoal.html.

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Wolfram Language. (2017). TimeGoal. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TimeGoal.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_timegoal, author="Wolfram Research", title="{TimeGoal}", year="2017", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TimeGoal.html}", note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_timegoal, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={TimeGoal}, year={2017}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TimeGoal.html}, note=[Accessed: 18-August-2025]}