I made a list of Mahout 1.0 features by engine a while back which I’ve just
reorganized (and added links to). I’m not sure whether It’s more confusing
this way or the original way:
Original:
https://andrewpalumbo.github.io/algorithms_by_engine
One concern is that it doesn’t emphasize the new work done in math-scala
enough- given that there’s only one line of the table devoted to it. For this
reason, I’ve reorganized it a bit.
Reorganized:
https://andrewpalumbo.github.io/features_by_engine
But this becomes confusing- eg. having 2 entries for SSVD- one in “Mahout
Math-Scala Core and Scala DSL” and one in “Collaborative Filtering with CLI
Drivers”. For this reason I’ve tried to break it down into core-algorithms
(math-scala, dsl, etc), and and end2end implementations of those algorithms
(and others) with a CLI. Here though too, I feel that this is somewhat
confusing: eg. does it seem that there is no SSVD algorithm implemented for
Spark or H2O?
I’d like to commit this in place of the “List of algorithms page”:
http://mahout.apache.org/users/basics/algorithms.html
This new table is inclusive of all that is on the list for 0.9 (with the
exception of FPG).
Briefly going over yesterday’s “Mahout vs Spark” thread:
http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/mahout-user/201410.mbox/browser,I’d
like to put something out there to give users, developers and contributors a
quick overview of what Mahout 1.0 is/has/does/extends/keeps/can be used for.
However I don’t want it to cause any more confusion.
There are probably some poorly described features, and maybe some incorrect
links, so once I’ve committed it, you guys may want to have at it.
Or I can just commit as is and people can have at the organization.
I’m in favor of the revised/reorganized page. I’d appreciate feedback from any
and all- specifically on whether the page is confusing and if so how it might
be better organized.
Thanks,
Andy
