salmon: A Symbolic Linear Regression Package for Python

TL;DR

Salmon is a Python package that offers R-like linear modeling capabilities with an object-oriented, user-friendly interface, including automatic visualizations and intelligent model building.

Contribution

It introduces a new Python package that replicates R's linear modeling features with a focus on usability and extensibility.

Findings

Provides composable objects for linear models

Enables automatic visualizations

Supports intelligent model building

Abstract

One of the most attractive features of R is its linear modeling capabilities. We describe a Python package, salmon, that brings the best of R's linear modeling functionality to Python in a Pythonic way -- by providing composable objects for specifying and fitting linear models. This object-oriented design also enables other features that enhance ease-of-use, such as automatic visualizations and intelligent model building.