This document discusses the MADlib architecture for performing scalable machine learning and analytics on large datasets using massively parallel processing. It describes how MADlib implements algorithms like linear regression across distributed database segments to solve challenges like multiplying data across nodes. It also discusses how MADlib uses a convex optimization framework to iteratively solve machine learning problems and the use of streaming algorithms to compute analytics in a single data scan. Finally, it outlines how the MADlib architecture provides scalable machine learning capabilities to data scientists through interfaces like PivotalR.
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