Awesome job everyone! I'm a new user to Mahout, using it for the past two months, and its been very useful, both in the algorithms it implements, as well as the underlying framework for developing new algorithms.
Keep up the good work! On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Shannon Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: > Apache Mahout has reached version 0.6. All developers are encouraged to > begin using version 0.6, as much has changed and will continue to do so as > we march inexorably toward a 1.0 release. Highlights of 0.6 include: > > -Improved Decision Tree performance and added support for regression > problems > -New LDA implementation using Collapsed Variational Bayes 0th Derivative > Approximation > -Reduced runtime of LanczosSolver tests > -K-Trusses, Top-Down and Bottom-Up clustering, Random Walk with Restarts > implementation > -Reduced runtime of dot product between vectors > -Added MongoDB and Cassandra DataModel support > -Increased efficiency of parallel ALS matrix factorization > -SSVD enhancements > -Performance improvements in RowSimilarityJob, TransposeJob > -Added numerous clustering display examples > -Many bug fixes, refactorings, and other small improvements > > Changes in 0.6 are detailed in the release notes ( > https://issues.apache.org/**jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?** > projectId=12310751&version=**12316364<https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310751&version=12316364>< > https://issues.apache.org/**jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?** > projectId=12310751&version=**12316364<https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12310751&version=12316364> > >). > > Downloads of all releases available from Apache mirrors. ( > http://www.apache.org/dyn/**closer.cgi/mahout/<http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/mahout/>< > http://www.apache.org/dyn/**closer.cgi/mahout/<http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/mahout/> > >) > > Enjoy! > > Regards, > Shannon > -- Thanks, John C
