Relationship to scikit-learn

ScikitLearn.jl aims to mirror the Python scikit-learn project, but the API had to be adapted to Julia, and follows Julia's conventions. When reading the Python documentation, keep in mind:

• Most object methods are now functions: Python's model.predict(X) becomes predict(model, X)
• Methods that modify the model's state have a ! at the end: model.fit_transform(X) becomes fit_transform!(model, X)
• A few of the Python submodules were translated into Julia to support Julia models: ScikitLearn.Pipelines, ScikitLearn.CrossValidation, and ScikitLearn.GridSearch

To access the class members and methods of a Python object (i.e. all models imported through @sk_import), use obj[:member_name]. For example:

@sk_import linear_model: Lasso
lm = fit!(Lasso(), X, y)
println(lm[:n_iter_])   # equivalent to lm.n_iter_ in Python

This is rarely necessary, because the most important/frequently-used methods have been defined in Julia (eg. transformer.classes_ is now get_classes(transformer))