About AMIDST¶
What is AMIDST?¶
AMIDST is an open source Java toolbox for scalable probabilistic machine learning with a special focus on (massive) streaming data. The toolbox allows specifying probabilistic graphical models with latent variables and temporal dependencies.
The main features of the tooblox are listed below:
- Probabilistic Graphical Models: Specify your model using probabilistic graphical models with latent variables and temporal dependencies. AMIDST contains a large list of predefined latent variable models:
- Scalable inference: Perform inference on your probabilistic models with powerful approximate and scalable algorithms.
- Data Streams: Update your models when new data is available. This makes our toolbox appropriate for learning from (massive) data streams.
- Large-scale Data: Use your defined models to process massive data sets in a distributed computer cluster using Apache Flink or (soon) Apache Spark.
- Extensible: Code your models or algorithms within AMiDST and expand the toolbox functionalities. Flexible toolbox for researchers performing their experimentation in machine learning.
- Interoperability: Leverage existing functionalities and algorithms by interfacing to other software tools such as Hugin, MOA, Weka, R, etc.