Is the ALS model markovian?

[#1]

I didn't know how else to term this, I know ALS isn't but was curious about its represenation on disk.

If I wanted to backup(ship) a computed model, is it sufficent to store(ship) all the files in the latest  successful generation only? 

Use case are :

1. sending computed models to small clusters that only serve.

2. We have long-running but not eternally persistent clusters, I'd like to be able to ship a model from one to another. Or store it and then load and be able to continue computing without necessarily having generations N-1. 

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Ha, you mean is it memoryless? Yes. You can just ship the whole generation directory around. To roll back generations, just delete newer ones and restart the serving layer. etc.

[#3]

Thanks, that actually makes sense as we have control over the model.generations.keep.