Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-mahout-user-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: (qmail 86602 invoked from network); 7 Apr 2010 01:54:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 7 Apr 2010 01:54:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 44590 invoked by uid 500); 7 Apr 2010 01:54:33 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-mahout-user-archive@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 44546 invoked by uid 500); 7 Apr 2010 01:54:33 -0000 Mailing-List: contact mahout-user-help@lucene.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: mahout-user@lucene.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list mahout-user@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 44538 invoked by uid 99); 7 Apr 2010 01:54:33 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:54:33 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.2 required=10.0 tests=AWL,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of ted.dunning@gmail.com designates 209.85.222.191 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.222.191] (HELO mail-pz0-f191.google.com) (209.85.222.191) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:54:28 +0000 Received: by pzk29 with SMTP id 29so504420pzk.29 for ; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:54:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:received:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=ywugzANNag73/g2KgMITjq468JMVh+MichY/CUGZ1PA=; b=rZ1cKIkhD32L14run7/ZH52Z312PFcsjiWrcmuZInwQzLaNy4ntgbPm8GLs9w2FVYq Gmm/xAKCUn+m/fTudMZN3bNW/9VNdI8ezvk0B9eDJ3aidn3UQ5pGiwjQ1LWEDxvYfhqW dBLnt5AoP+nSMRXgBowy+R0FZEwseSyQR6a+I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; b=vw3+075gMSgoialnb7Xc/5/5l3OQb38ZOxN02eFT1ZDykwR0q6dbeK0yKybrikPWOK FWf6lVOJ2erott7q6qESsdCFO2Ac2nAJi9fOno7f/7inqwJu2XcB/cAA9dCxcBrYIGXe bHYyc1KsnGZeNrsSRqknxPFABpdEZK+JRuazg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.140.166.11 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Apr 2010 18:53:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4BBBE0F1.5020509@windwardsolutions.com> References: <4BBB6BF6.7050807@windwardsolutions.com> <4BBB7416.5080902@windwardsolutions.com> <4BBBB15F.3050108@windwardsolutions.com> <4BBBE0F1.5020509@windwardsolutions.com> From: Ted Dunning Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 18:53:47 -0700 Received: by 10.141.88.7 with SMTP id q7mr6396857rvl.97.1270605247242; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:54:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Subject: Re: MAHOUT-236 Cluster Evaluation Tools? To: mahout-user@lucene.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd13b6c69649d04839bd609 --000e0cd13b6c69649d04839bd609 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 If it fits, then it is great to do. On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Jeff Eastman wrote: > PS: Ted, you expressed some doubts about the value of consolidating > Dirichlet clusters with the others. So far it seems to be a reasonable fit > but I'm doing the engineering on a tiny subset of simple models without > enough theoretical insight to see any pitfalls ahead. Is there a > "DistanceMeasure-like" discussion that might provide a firmer underpinning > for this work? > --000e0cd13b6c69649d04839bd609--