Joblib - Dask Flashcards
Joblib & Dask
Joblib and Dask are two powerful libraries in the Python ecosystem that can significantly improve the performance and efficiency of machine learning modeling tasks, especially when dealing with large datasets and parallel processing.
- Parallel Processing
Joblib is primarily known for its ability to parallelize computations, enabling you to distribute tasks across multiple CPU cores or even different machines.
- Efficient Serialization
Joblib provides efficient serialization and deserialization of Python objects, making it ideal for saving and loading machine learning models or intermediate results.
- Memory Management
Joblib helps manage memory effectively when working with large datasets. It allows you to keep only a subset of the data in memory at a time, minimizing memory usage.
- Simple API
The Joblib API is straightforward and easy to use. You can parallelize loops or apply functions to large datasets with just a few lines of code.
- Integration with scikit-learn
Joblib is tightly integrated with scikit-learn, a popular machine learning library. It is the default backend for parallelizing certain computations within scikit-learn.
- NumPy and pandas Integration
Joblib works well with NumPy and pandas arrays, making it seamless to parallelize computations involving these data structures.
- Big Data and Parallel Computing
Dask is designed to handle big data and parallel computing. It provides parallel versions of common NumPy and pandas functions, allowing you to process data larger than the available memory.
- Distributed Computing
Dask can distribute computations across multiple cores or machines, enabling scalable data processing and machine learning on clusters.
- Dynamic Task Graphs
Dask constructs dynamic task graphs that represent computation workflows. This feature optimizes computation execution and resource utilization.
- Lazy Evaluation
Dask uses lazy evaluation, meaning it postpones computation until results are explicitly requested. This optimizes memory usage and minimizes unnecessary computations.
- Out-of-Core Operations
Dask efficiently handles out-of-core computations, allowing you to process datasets that are too large to fit into memory.
- Integrations with Libraries
Dask integrates well with various data science libraries like scikit-learn, XGBoost, and PyTorch, extending their capabilities to handle larger datasets.
- Dask DataFrames and Arrays
Dask provides data structures like Dask DataFrames and Dask Arrays, which mimic pandas DataFrames and NumPy arrays but operate on larger-than-memory datasets.
- Scheduling Strategies
Dask offers different scheduling strategies, such as “threaded” and “distributed,” which you can choose based on your hardware and processing needs.