it's the former. Taste is still not parallelized, but other parts of Mahout are, and they make use of Hadoop.
Otis -- Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch ----- Original Message ---- > From: Vinicius Carvalho <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 12:57:35 PM > Subject: Re: mahout for news recommendation? > > "Just to clarify a little bit, the CF part of Mahout is intended for real > time, while the other parts (clustering, classification) are batch." > > Sorry to just bump in the discussion. I've started with Taste a few months > ago to use in my MD project. I've found mahout and I'm still studying hadoop > first. > > My question is: So the item recommender inside mahout runs on a single node? > Or does it uses the map-reduce features from hadoop? > > Sorry for the dumb question. > > Regards > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Tim Bass wrote: > > > Most prior-work in news related classification has been done with > > Bayesian classifiers / networks. > > > > I kindly suggest that if you are interested in processing RSS, you use > > Bayesian classifiers as your core. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Jason Rennie wrote: > > > Sorry for my misunderstanding. Thanks for the clarification! > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Grant Ingersoll > > >wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> On Mar 31, 2009, at 9:47 AM, Jason Rennie wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>> Note that if you want the system to exhibit real-time feedback, Mahout > > may > > >>> not be what you want since it is intended for batch-processing, IIUC. > > >>> > > >>> > > >> Just to clarify a little bit, the CF part of Mahout is intended for real > > >> time, while the other parts (clustering, classification) are batch. > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Jason Rennie > > > Research Scientist, ITA Software > > > http://www.itasoftware.com/ > > > > > > > > > -- > The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the > rational mind is a faithful servant. We have > created a society that honors the servant and > has forgotten the gift.
