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Ted Dunning updated MAHOUT-678:
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Fix Version/s: 0.6
This needs fixing on at least two levels. First, the documentation should
describe why only the binomial case makes sense for ranking and secondly, the
code should detect mis-use and complain.
> NullPointerException while using MixedGradient with SGD algorithm
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> Key: MAHOUT-678
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAHOUT-678
> Project: Mahout
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Classification
> Affects Versions: 0.5
> Reporter: Stanley Xu
> Fix For: 0.6
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> Attachments: nullpointerexceptionbugfix.diff
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> Original Estimate: 2h
> Remaining Estimate: 2h
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> I am trying to use the MixedGradient in OnlineLogisticRegression algorithm.
> But I will get an NullPointerException randomly if I set the alpha larger
> than 0.
> I checked the code and found that in the RankingGradient used by
> MixedGradient, it assume that the target category should be only 2, rather
> than multiple. And the rank gradient should only be used once the Gradient
> object knew both the positive and negative targets. I created a simple patch
> to make it workable, but I am not really understand the MixedGradient method
> deeply, please check the patch carefully to see if it really works correctly.
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