Time managed program in MATLAB

Is there any specific function or code which enables the code to run for a specified amount of time, like say, 10 minutes. The code execution is done as normal and the running of it dies after a period of time.

[dpb]

What does "it dies after a period of time" mean, precisely?

Crash, apparent idle, ... ???

[Vatsal Gupta]

It should halt the program execution, then and there only. Actually I'm working on a program which works for a specified time only and the changing state of the workspace variables are monitored in that period of time.

[dpb]

Sorry, I don't understand. Are you asking about how to stop a program after some time period, not that a program fails unexpectedly after some time?

If so, what time unit is of interest; wall clock time, CPU time (tougher all the time (so to speak :) ) any more with multi-cores, etc., etc., ), some simulation internal time, something else entirely, ...?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

If you use the Parallel Computing Toolbox, then you can use parfeval() to start a process running with a "future". You can wait() for the future with a timeout. If the timeout expires, then cancel() the future.