Yes. I think I changed that default some time ago after building several models.
The double probing is something unusual with Mahout. Most people who use the hashing trick use single probes. On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Dmitriy Lyubimov <[email protected]> wrote: > Indeed, checking the code seems to indicate that by default 2 probes > are used for unbounded category encoding. > > Just wanted to confirm, it is indeed should be 2 probes by default, right? >
