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Machine Learning with Spark - Second Edition

By : Rajdeep Dua, Manpreet Singh Ghotra
Book Image

Machine Learning with Spark - Second Edition

By: Rajdeep Dua, Manpreet Singh Ghotra

Overview of this book

This book will teach you about popular machine learning algorithms and their implementation. You will learn how various machine learning concepts are implemented in the context of Spark ML. You will start by installing Spark in a single and multinode cluster. Next you'll see how to execute Scala and Python based programs for Spark ML. Then we will take a few datasets and go deeper into clustering, classification, and regression. Toward the end, we will also cover text processing using Spark ML. Once you have learned the concepts, they can be applied to implement algorithms in either green-field implementations or to migrate existing systems to this new platform. You can migrate from Mahout or Scikit to use Spark ML. By the end of this book, you will acquire the skills to leverage Spark's features to create your own scalable machine learning applications and power a modern data-driven business.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

The components of a data-driven machine learning system

The high-level components of our machine learning system are outlined in the following diagram. This diagram illustrates the machine learning pipeline from which we obtain data and in which we store data. We then transform it into a form that is usable as input to a machine learning model; train, test, and refine our model; and then, deploy the final model to our production system. The process is then repeated as new data is generated.

A general machine-learning pipeline

Data ingestion and storage

The first step in our machine learning pipeline will be taking in the data that we require for training our models. Like many other businesses, MovieStream's data is typically generated by user activity, other...