Mike, Good to hear from you.
A solid Java implementation of SVM would be of interest. A highly scalable implementation would be even more interesting. On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:15 AM, mike bowles <[email protected]> wrote: > I’m a newbie here and am a little timid about raising my hand, but I do > want to be helpful, so here goes. If I’m making some mistake in etiquette, > please let me know (but be gentle). > > > > The most commonly used algorithm for SVM is based on work done be John > Platt at Microsoft Reasearch (used for example in libsvm). I’ve attached > Platt’s original paper. It’s also still available from Microsoft Research. > The commonly used version of the algorithm is based on improvements > suggested by Keerti et al. That paper is also attached. The improved > algorithm boils down to very few steps. I’ve attached a single page pdf > that succinctly summarizes the improved algorithm. > > > > I’ve coded this algorithm in C++ and Python and will happily supply code or > can easily re-code into Java in a day or so. I hope this is helpful. Do I > need to ask that you feel free to comment? > > mike > -- Ted Dunning, CTO DeepDyve
