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mlr3mbo vs mlr3viz
A side-by-side editorial comparison of mlr3mbo and mlr3viz — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Shared themes:mlr3
mlr3mbo vs mlr3viz: at a glance
What is mlr3mbo?
mlr3mbo picked its defaults from a benchmark study, not from taste
mlr3mbo does model-based and Bayesian optimisation for mlr3. Its 1.0.0 release added a dictionary of pre-built acquisition-function optimisers and, more consequentially, replaced the default surrogate, acquisition function and optimiser settings with values derived from a large-scale benchmark study. The releases since are corrections to the acquisition-optimiser path exposed by that new default configuration.
What is mlr3viz?
mlr3viz keeps the ecosystem's plots working while the plots themselves move out
mlr3viz supplies autoplot methods across mlr3 objects — learners, resample and benchmark results, tuning instances, ensemble feature-selection results. Recent releases are mostly defensive: suppressing ggplot2::fortify() warnings on ROC and PRC curves, pinning legend order so plots are deterministic across ggplot2 environments, and tracking mlr3 1.7.2. A visible piece of scope also left, with the LearnerSurvCoxPH plot moving to mlr3proba.
mlr3mbo vs mlr3viz: editorial side-by-side
mlr3mbo
2.5ANALYTICS
mlr3mbo picked its defaults from a benchmark study, not from taste
◆ Current state
mlr3mbo does model-based and Bayesian optimisation for mlr3. Its 1.0.0 release added a dictionary of pre-built acquisition-function optimisers and, more consequentially, replaced the default surrogate, acquisition function and optimiser settings with values derived from a large-scale benchmark study. The releases since are corrections to the acquisition-optimiser path exposed by that new default configuration.
◆ Where it's heading
The package has moved from a toolkit that expected users to assemble a Bayesian optimisation loop into one with a defensible default loop, and the recent fixes — warm-start sizing on multi-objective archives, silently discarded terminators, stale x_domain values — are the consequences of more people running the default path.
◆ Prediction
Expect continued hardening of the acquisition-optimiser classes rather than new acquisition functions.
mlr3viz
2.5ANALYTICS
mlr3viz keeps the ecosystem's plots working while the plots themselves move out
◆ Current state
mlr3viz supplies autoplot methods across mlr3 objects — learners, resample and benchmark results, tuning instances, ensemble feature-selection results. Recent releases are mostly defensive: suppressing ggplot2::fortify() warnings on ROC and PRC curves, pinning legend order so plots are deterministic across ggplot2 environments, and tracking mlr3 1.7.2. A visible piece of scope also left, with the LearnerSurvCoxPH plot moving to mlr3proba.
◆ Where it's heading
The package is being narrowed toward generic plotting infrastructure while learner-specific plots migrate to the packages that own those learners. What it does add is access rather than new charts — passing parameters through to precrec::autoplot(), better hints when the wrong autoplot type is requested, and a confidence-interval plot for mlr3inferr. Determinism across ggplot2 versions has become a recurring concern, which is what happens when a visualization package is depended on by documentation and tests.
◆ Prediction
Following the Cox proportional-hazards precedent, further learner-specific plots are likely to move to their owning packages, leaving mlr3viz with the cross-cutting result objects.
Alternatives to mlr3mbo and mlr3viz
Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either mlr3mbo or mlr3viz.
writexl
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rgbif
rgbif is steadily pushing users off paged searching and onto real downloads.
rstanarm
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taxa
taxa started a ground-up rewrite in 2021 and has published almost nothing since.
rotl
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Recent activity from mlr3mbo and mlr3viz
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 18d agomlr3vizmlr3viz 0.11.1 pins legend order for deterministic plots
- 23d agomlr3mboAcquisition optimiser fixes for warm starts and archives
- 3mo agomlr3mboDictionary lookup and restart-limit fixes
- 4mo agomlr3mborush 1.0.0 compatibility and Surrogate$check()
- 5mo agomlr3mbomlr3mbo 1.0.0 ships benchmark-derived default settings ⚡
- 5mo agomlr3vizmlr3viz 0.11.0 quiets ggplot2 fortify warnings on ROC curves
- 10mo agomlr3mbomlr3learners 0.13.0 compatibility
- 11mo agomlr3mboMaintainer change and mlr3pipelines 0.9.0 upkeep
- 1y agomlr3vizmlr3viz 0.10.1 passes plotting parameters through to precrec
- 1y agomlr3vizmlr3viz 0.10.0 adds a LearnerSurvCoxPH plot
- 2y agomlr3vizmlr3viz 0.9.0 adds EnsembleFSResult plots
- 2y agomlr3vizmlr3viz 0.8.0 tracks paradox 1.0.0
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between mlr3mbo and mlr3viz?
Both compete on the same themes — mlr3 — within Analytics. mlr3mbo and mlr3viz are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 2.5 vs 2.5, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is mlr3mbo better than mlr3viz?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. mlr3mbo and mlr3viz are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 2.5 vs 2.5, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to mlr3mbo?
Top mlr3mbo alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "mlr3mbo alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/mlr3mbo for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to mlr3viz?
Top mlr3viz alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "mlr3viz alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/mlr3viz for the full list with editorial commentary on each.