Setup

Installation

The easiest way to install PyDecode is through pip.

$ pip install pydecode

The base functionality of the library requires numpy, scipy and Boost. To install Boost on Debian/Ubuntu run:

$ sudo apt-get install libboost-dev

Optional Dependencies

PyDecode also includes extensions that integrate with other Python libraries to provide additional functionality.

• NetworkX, PyGraphviz, IPython (display)

  Provides methods for model visualization.

• PyStruct (structured)

  Provides methods for training the parameters of a model .

• PuLP and an LP solver (lp)

  Provides methods for solving models using general-purpose linear-programming solvers.

Running Notebooks

In addition to this documentation, the distribution also include a set of example tutorials written as IPython notebooks.

These notebooks can be run locally after installation. Assuming ENV is the base install directory (for instance using virtualenv), the notebooks can be run using:

$ ipython notebook ENV/pydecode/notebooks/