RapidMiner
RapidMiner is a data science platform that analyses the collective
impact of an organization's data. It was acquired by Altair
RapidMiner
Engineering in September 2022.[1]
History
RapidMiner, formerly known as YALE (Yet Another Learning
Environment), was developed starting in 2001 by Ralf
Klinkenberg, Ingo Mierswa, and Simon Fischer at the Artificial Developer(s) RapidMiner
Intelligence Unit of the Technical University of Dortmund.[2] Initial release 2006
Starting in 2006, its development was driven by Rapid-I, a
company founded by Ingo Mierswa and Ralf Klingenberg in the Stable release 10.1 /
same year.[3] In 2007, the name of the software was changed from 31 January
YALE to RapidMiner. In 2013, the company rebranded from 2023
Rapid-I to RapidMiner.[4] Operating system Cross-platform
Type Data science,
Description machine
learning,
RapidMiner uses a client/server model with the server offered predictive
either on-premises or in public or private cloud infrastructures. analytics
RapidMiner provides data mining and machine learning License Professional
procedures including: data loading and transformation (ETL), data and Enterprise
preprocessing and visualization, predictive analytics and statistical Editions are
modeling, evaluation, and deployment. RapidMiner is written in Proprietary;
the Java programming language. RapidMiner provides a GUI to Free Edition
design and execute analytical workflows. Those workflows are (10,000 rows
called “Processes” in RapidMiner and they consist of multiple and 1 logical
“Operators”. Each operator performs a single task within the
processor limit)
process, and the output of each operator forms the input of the next
is available as
one. Alternatively, the engine can be called from other programs or
used as an API. Individual functions can be called from the AGPL
command line. RapidMiner provides learning schemes, models Website rapidminer
and algorithms and can be extended using R and Python scripts.[5] .com (https://ra
pidminer.com)
RapidMiner can also use plugins available through the RapidMiner
Marketplace. The RapidMiner Marketplace is a platform for developers to create data analysis algorithms
and publish them to the community.[6]
The RapidMiner Studio Free Edition, which is limited to one logical processor and 10,000 data rows, is
available under the AGPL license.[7]
Adoption
In 2019, Gartner placed RapidMiner in the leader quadrant of its Magic Quadrant for Data Science &
Machine Learning Platforms for the sixth year in a row.[8] The report noted that RapidMiner provides deep
and broad modeling capabilities for automated end-to-end model development. In the 2018 annual software
poll, KD-nuggets readers voted RapidMiner as one of the most popular data analytics software with the
poll’s respondents citing the software package as the tool they use.[9] RapidMiner has received millions of
total downloads and has over 400,000 users including BMW, Intel, Cisco, GE, and Samsung as paying
customers. RapidMiner claims to be the market leader in the software for data science platforms against
competitors such as SAS and IBM.[10]
Developer
About 50 developer's worldwide participated in the development of the open source RapidMiner with the
majority of the contributors being employees of RapidMiner.[11] The company that develops RapidMiner
received a $16 million Series C funding with participation from venture capital firms Nokia Growth
Partner's, Ascent Venture Partner's, Longworth Venture Partner's, Earlybird Venture Capital and Open-
Ocean. Open-Ocean partner Michael "Monty" Widenius is a founder of MySQL.
References
1. Altair. "Altair Announces Completion of Acquisition of RapidMiner" (https://www.prnewswire.
com/news-releases/altair-announces-completion-of-acquisition-of-rapidminer-301626200.ht
ml). www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
2. Guido Deutsch, “RapidMiner from Rapid-I at CeBIT 2010 (http://www.data-mining-blog.com/
cloud-mining/rapidminer-cebit-2010/),” Data Mining Blog, March 18, 2010.
3. “Interview with RapidMiner's Ingo Mierswa, Ralf Klinkenberg (http://www.kdnuggets.com/201
0/02/f-interview-rapid-i-founders.html)”, KDnuggets, February, 2010.
4. “German Predictive Analytics Startup Rapid-I Rebrands As RapidMiner (https://techcrunch.c
om/2013/11/04/german-predictive-analytics-startup-rapid-i-rebrands-as-rapidminer-takes-5m
-from-open-ocean-earlybird-to-tackle-the-u-s-market/)”, TechCrunch, November 4, 2013.
5. David Norris, “RapidMiner - a potential game changer (http://www.bloorresearch.com/analysi
s/rapidminer-a-potential-game-changer/),” Bloor Research, November 13, 2013.
6. Ajay Ohri, “Interview with Rapid-I Ingo Mierswa and Simon Fischer (http://www.kdnuggets.co
m/2011/08/ajay-ohri-rapidminer-founder-interview.html),” KDnuggets, August 2011.
7. RapidMiner Embraces its Community and Open Source Culture Delivering Get-More-Open-
Core Predictive Analytics, September 1, 2015. (https://rapidminer.com/news-posts/rapidmine
rembracesitscommunity/)
8. "Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms" (https://www.ga
rtner.com/en/documents/3899464/magic-quadrant-for-data-science-and-machine-learning-pl
a). Gartner. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
9. "Python eats away at R: Top Software for Analytics, Data Science, Machine Learning in
2018: Trends and Analysis" (https://www.kdnuggets.com/2018/05/poll-tools-analytics-data-s
cience-machine-learning-results.html). www.kdnuggets.com. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
10. Ingrid Lunden, “German Predictive Analytics Startup Rapid-I Rebrands As RapidMiner,
Takes $5M From Open Ocean, Earlybird To Tackle The U.S. Market,” TechCrunch,
November 4, 2013.
11. Evan Quinn, “Is Rapid-I the Hidden Giant of Analytics? (http://quinnsight.com/2013/06/17/is-r
apid-i-the-hidden-giant-of-analytics/),” QuinnSight Research, June 17, 2013.
External links
Official website (https://rapidminer.com)
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