So did anything ever happen with the project in the thread referenced by Luc? It seems like that was quite a while ago and I have not seen any activity in the area of sparse matrices in a while. But if someone is already working in this area I would definitely like to collaborate.
As for ideas for what needs to be in the linear package, I think that some of the most important applications of matrix computation revolve around fast solvers that exploit the matrix structure effectively (i.e., solvers based on Cholesky, Triangular, LU, etc. decompositions). Regards, John On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 5:30 AM, Edward J. Yoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just FYI, If you interested in the matrix, you can also take a look at > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/HamaProposal (Hams has accepted by > IPMC) > > Edward > > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 4:02 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Improving the linear algebra package is a clear need and one of the > objectives for version 2.0. > > > > The link to the (short) thread may be this one: > > http://markmail.org/message/esfeuzzazz6yeqyk > > > > I have also have another discussion ongoing outside from potential users > of [math] who would like to have fast linear algebra with support for > vectors. > > > > I tried to get involved with Mahout developers who where seeking for some > math skills at some point, but the thread ended after my last message > without answers (http://markmail.org/message/a743yyz5ycqr2kdv). The team > seems to want to develop its own implementation and not being really > interested in our work. I gave up, but I really think this is a pity, we > should be able to work together. > > > > Perhaps is it time to put some ideas on what we need in our linear > algebra package to meet most users needs (SVD, sparse matrices, vectors, > efficiency, perhaps complex numbers ...) > > > > Luc > > >
