[MAHOUT-1932] Interchangeable Solvers

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 0.13.0
• Fix Version/s: classic-15.0
• Assignee: Shashanka Balakuntala Srinivasa
• Reporter: Trevor Grant
• Created: 01/Feb/17 13:10
• Updated: 31/Jan/24 22:11

Description

Currently all algorithms are solving 'closed' form.

It would be good to create open form solvers and optionally invoke them.

Two such solvers are Stochastic Gradient Descent, and Genetic Algorithms.

An abstract solver trait, and implementations of at least these two solving mechanisms (to avoid bias in choosing what to include/not include in the Solver trait).

Refactoring current algorithms to accept optional Solver.