See Frank's blog for how Mahout's SGD works http://blog.trifork.com/2014/02/04/an-introduction-to-mahouts-logistic-regression-sgd-classifier/
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 2:44 AM, Peng Zhang <[email protected]> wrote: > Namit, > > I think the theory behind Mahout’s logistic regression is stochastic > gradient descent, rather than maximum likelihood. > > Best Regards, > Peng Zhang > > > > On May 22, 2014, at 2:29 PM, namit maheshwari <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > Could anyone please let me know the algorithm used behind > > LogisticRegression in Mahout. Also AdaptiveLogisticRegression mentions an > > *annealing* schedule. > > > > I would be grateful if someone could guide me towards the theory behind > it. > > > > Thanks > > Namit > >
