Title: FAQ
The Official Mahout FAQ

*General*

1. [What is Apache Mahout?](#whatis)
1. [What does the name mean?](#mean)
1. [Where can I find the origins of the Mahout project? ](#historical)
1. [Where can I download Mahout logo? ](#logo)
1. [Where can I download Mahout slide presentations? ](#presentations)

*Algorithms*

1. [What algorithms are implemented in Mahout?](#algos)
1. [What algorithms are missing from Mahout?](#todo)


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# *Answers*
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## General
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### What is Apache Mahout?
Apache Mahout is a suite of machine learning libraries designed to be
scalable and robust

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### What does the name mean?
The name [Mahout](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahout)
 was original chosen for it's association with the [Apache Hadoop|http://hadoop.apache.org]
 project.  A Mahout is a person who drives an elephant (hint: Hadoop's logo
is an elephant.)  We just wanted a name that complemented Hadoop but we see
our project as a good driver of Hadoop in the sense that we will be using
and testing it.  We are not, however, implying that we are controlling
Hadoop's development.

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### Where can I find the origins of the Mahout project?

See [http://ml-site.grantingersoll.com](http://ml-site.grantingersoll.com)
 for old wiki and mailing list archives (all read-only)

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### Where can I download Mahout logo?
See [MAHOUT-335](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAHOUT-335)

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### {anchor:presentations} Where can I download Mahout slide presentations?
* [Books, Tutorials and Talks ]( books-tutorials-and-talks.html)
 Wiki page containing an overview of all presentations with links to slides
where available.

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## Algorithms

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### What algorithms are implemented in Mahout?
We are interested in a wide variety of machine learning algorithms. Many of
which are already implemented in Mahout. You can find them [here ](algorithms.html)
.  

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### What algorithms are missing from Mahout?
There are many machine learning algorithms that we would like to have in
Mahout, including some from the paper [http://www.cs.stanford.edu/people/ang/papers/nips06-mapreducemulticore.pdf](http://www.cs.stanford.edu/people/ang/papers/nips06-mapreducemulticore.pdf)
. If you have an algorithm or an improvement to an algorithm that you would
like to implement, by all means submit a patch.