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Jeff Eastman commented on MAHOUT-65: ------------------------------------ I changed the code to substitute 10 random double values and it tipped the scales in favor of #4, but not by much: {noformat} 3 300 = {"class":"org.apache.mahout.matrix.TestVector","vector":"{\"indexes\":[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9],\"values <snip> 4 247 = <snip> {noformat} Then I upped the number to 1000 entries to correspond with our text term vectors. Almost a 2:1 advantage but no readability: {noformat} 3 23283 4 12131 {noformat} > Add Element Labels to Vectors and Matrices > ------------------------------------------ > > Key: MAHOUT-65 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAHOUT-65 > Project: Mahout > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Matrix > Affects Versions: 0.1 > Reporter: Jeff Eastman > Assignee: Jeff Eastman > Attachments: MAHOUT-65-name.patch, MAHOUT-65-name.patch, > MAHOUT-65-name.patch, MAHOUT-65.patch, MAHOUT-65b.patch, MAHOUT-65c.patch, > MAHOUT-65d.patch > > > Many applications can benefit by accessing elements in vectors and matrices > using String labels in addition to numeric indices. Investigate adding such a > capability. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.