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[jira] Commented: (MAHOUT-391) Make vector more space efficient
with variable-length encoding, et al
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Robin Anil commented on MAHOUT-391:
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I am getting build errors. Maybe you are different JUnit version ?
/Users/robinanil/mahout/core/src/test/java/org/apache/mahout/math/VarintTest.java:[65,6] cannot find symbol
symbol : method assertEquals(long,long)
location: class org.apache.mahout.math.VarintTest
> Make vector more space efficient with variable-length encoding, et al
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>
> Key: MAHOUT-391
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAHOUT-391
> Project: Mahout
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Affects Versions: 0.3
> Reporter: Sean Owen
> Assignee: Sean Owen
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 0.4
>
> Attachments: MAHOUT-391.patch
>
>
> There are a few things we can do to make Vector representations smaller on disk:
> - Use variable-length encoding for integer values like size and element indices in sparse representations
> - Further, delta-encode indices in sequential representations
> - Let caller specify that precision isn't crucial in values, allowing it to store values as floats
> Since indices are usually small-ish, I'd guess this saves 2 bytes or so on average, out of 12 bytes per element now.
> Using floats where applicable saves another 4. Not bad.
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