# Distributed Processing¶

This mode assumes that the data set is split into nblocks blocks across computation nodes.

## Algorithm Parameters¶

The low order moments algorithm in the distributed processing mode has the following parameters:

Parameter

Default Valude

Description

computeStep

Not applicable

The parameter required to initialize the algorithm. Can be:

• step1Local - the first step, performed on local nodes

• step2Master - the second step, performed on a master node

algorithmFPType

float

The floating-point type that the algorithm uses for intermediate computations. Can be float or double.

method

defaultDense

Available methods for computation of low order moments:

defaultDense

default performance-oriented method

singlePassDense

implementation of the single-pass algorithm proposed by D.H.D. West

sumDense

implementation of the algorithm in the cases where the basic statistics associated with the numeric table are pre-computed sums; returns an error if pre-computed sums are not defined

fastCSR

performance-oriented method for CSR numeric tables

singlePassCSR

implementation of the single-pass algorithm proposed by D.H.D. West; optimized for CSR numeric tables

sumCSR

implementation of the algorithm in the cases where the basic statistics associated with the numeric table are pre-computed sums; optimized for CSR numeric tables; returns an error if pre-computed sums are not defined

estimatesToCompute

estimatesAll

Estimates to be computed by the algorithm:

• estimatesAll - all supported moments

• estimatesMinMax - minimum and maximum

• estimatesMeanVariance - mean and variance

Computation of low order moments follows the general schema described in Algorithms:

## Step 1 - on Local Nodes¶

In this step, the low order moments algorithm accepts the input described below. Pass the Input ID as a parameter to the methods that provide input for your algorithm. For more details, see Algorithms.

Input ID

Input

data

Pointer to the numeric table of size $$n_i \times p$$ that represents the $$i$$-th data block on the local node.

While the input for defaultDense, singlePassDense, or sumDense method can be an object of any class derived from NumericTable, the input for fastCSR, singlePassCSR, or sumCSR method can only be an object of the CSRNumericTable class.

In this step, the low order moments algorithm calculates the results described below. Pass the Result ID as a parameter to the methods that access the results of your algorithm. For more details, see Algorithms.

Result ID

Result

nObservations

Pointer to the $$1 \times 1$$ numeric table that contains the number of observations processed so far on the local node.

By default, this result is an object of the HomogenNumericTable class, but you can define the result as an object of any class derived from NumericTable except CSRNumericTable.

Partial characteristics computed so far on the local node, each in a $$1 \times p$$ numeric table. By default, each table is an object of the HomogenNumericTable class, but you can define the tables as objects of any class derived from NumericTable except PackedSymmetricMatrix, PackedTriangularMatrix, and CSRNumericTable.

Result ID

Result

partialMinimum

Partial minimums

partialMaximum

Partial maximums

partialSum

Partial sums

partialSumSquares

Partial sums of squares

partialSumSquaresCentered

Partial sums of squared differences from the means

## Step 2 - on Master Node¶

In this step, the low order moments algorithm accepts the input described below. Pass the Input ID as a parameter to the methods that provide input for your algorithm. For more details, see Algorithms.

Input ID

Input

partialResults

A collection that contains numeric tables with partial results computed in Step 1 on local nodes (six numeric tables from each local node). These numeric tables can be objects of any class derived from the NumericTable class except PackedSymmetricMatrix and PackedTriangularMatrix.

In this step, the low order moments algorithm calculates the results described in the following table. Pass the Result ID as a parameter to the methods that access the results of your algorithm. For more details, see Algorithms.

Note

Each result is a pointer to the $$1 \times p$$ numeric table that contains characteristics for each feature in the data set. By default, the tables are objects of the HomogenNumericTable class, but you can define each table as an object of any class derived from NumericTable except PackedSymmetricMatrix, PackedTriangularMatrix, and CSRNumericTable.

Result ID

Characteristic

minimum

Minimums

maximum

Maximums

sum

Sums

sumSquares

Sums of squares

sumSquaresCentered

Sums of squared differences from the means

mean

Estimates for the means

secondOrderRawMoment

Estimates for the second order raw moments

variance

Estimates for the variances

standardDeviation

Estimates for the standard deviations

variation

Estimates for the variations

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