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Posted to user@mahout.apache.org by Lance Norskog <go...@gmail.com> on 2011/01/19 07:02:45 UTC

Map/Reduce algorithm diagrams?

Does anyone have a system for diagramming M/R computations? How would
you document an algorithm for someone else to understand? I'm
especially interested in visual techniques- an easy way to whiteboard
a multi-stage problem.

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Lance Norskog
goksron@gmail.com

Re: Map/Reduce algorithm diagrams?

Posted by Lance Norskog <go...@gmail.com>.
Cool! Thanks.

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Ken Krugler
<kk...@transpac.com> wrote:
> Hi Lance,
>
> On Jan 18, 2011, at 10:02pm, Lance Norskog wrote:
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>> Does anyone have a system for diagramming M/R computations? How would
>> you document an algorithm for someone else to understand? I'm
>> especially interested in visual techniques- an easy way to whiteboard
>> a multi-stage problem.
>
> If you're using Cascading, then the Flow that is created for a M/R workflow
> can be used to generate a .dot file.
>
> Several apps can display these, I use OmniGraffle on my Mac.
>
> -- Ken
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> Ken Krugler
> +1 530-210-6378
> http://bixolabs.com
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-- 
Lance Norskog
goksron@gmail.com

Re: Map/Reduce algorithm diagrams?

Posted by Ken Krugler <kk...@transpac.com>.
Hi Lance,

On Jan 18, 2011, at 10:02pm, Lance Norskog wrote:

> Does anyone have a system for diagramming M/R computations? How would
> you document an algorithm for someone else to understand? I'm
> especially interested in visual techniques- an easy way to whiteboard
> a multi-stage problem.

If you're using Cascading, then the Flow that is created for a M/R  
workflow can be used to generate a .dot file.

Several apps can display these, I use OmniGraffle on my Mac.

-- Ken

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+1 530-210-6378
http://bixolabs.com
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