[CONF] Apache Lucene Mahout: FAQ (page edited)

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FAQ (MAHOUT) edited by Grant Ingersoll
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The Official Mahout FAQ

*General*

# [#whatIs] What is Apache Mahout?
# [#mean] What does the name mean?
# [#historical] Where can I find the origins of the Mahout project?

*Algorithms*
# [#algos] What algorithms are you planning to implement?


h1. *Answers*
h2. General
h3. {anchor:whatIs}What is Apache Mahout?
Apache Mahout is a suite of machine learning libraries designed to be scalable and robust

h3. {anchor:mean}What does the name mean?
The name [Mahout|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahout] was original chosen for it's association with the [Apache Hadoop|http://hadoop.apache.org] project.  A Mahout is a person who drives an elephant (hint: Hadoop's logo is an elephant.)  We just wanted a name that complemented Hadoop but we see our project as a good driver of Hadoop in the sense that we will be using and testing it.  We are not, however, implying that we are controlling Hadoop's development.

h3. {anchor:historical}Where can I find the origins of the Mahout project?

See [http://ml-site.grantingersoll.com] for old wiki and mailing list archives (all read-only)

h2. Algorithms

h3. {anchor:algos} We are interested in a wide variety of machine learning algorithms, some of which are described at [index#Algorithms].  Initially, we are focused in one the 10 algorithms described in [http://www.cs.stanford.edu/people/ang/papers/nips06-mapreducemulticore.pdf], but that's just the core.  If you have an algorithm that you would like to implement, by all means submit a patch.


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