Github user jkbradley commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/2607#discussion_r19564926
--- Diff:
examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/DecisionTreeRunner.scala
---
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.mllib.regression.LabeledPoint
import org.apache.spark.mllib.tree.{RandomForest, DecisionTree, impurity}
import org.apache.spark.mllib.tree.configuration.{Algo, Strategy}
import org.apache.spark.mllib.tree.configuration.Algo._
-import org.apache.spark.mllib.tree.model.{RandomForestModel,
DecisionTreeModel}
+import org.apache.spark.mllib.tree.model.{WeightedEnsembleModel,
DecisionTreeModel}
--- End diff --
These generalizations will rely on the new ML API (for which there will be
a PR any day now); it makes sense to keep it in the tree namespace since there
is not generic Estimator concept currently. But once we can, I agree it will
be important to generalize meta-algorithms.
With respect to the models, I don't see how the model concepts are
different. The learning algorithms are different, but that will not prevent a
meta-algorithm to use another meta-algorithm as a weak learner (once the new
API is available). (I think it's good to separate the concepts of Estimator
(learning algorithm) and Transformer (learned model) here.) What do you think?
---
If your project is set up for it, you can reply to this email and have your
reply appear on GitHub as well. If your project does not have this feature
enabled and wishes so, or if the feature is enabled but not working, please
contact infrastructure at [email protected] or file a JIRA ticket
with INFRA.
---
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected]
For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]