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Machine Learning with Spark - Second Edition

By : Rajdeep Dua, Manpreet Singh Ghotra
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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)

Linear algebra

Linear algebra is the study of solving a system of linear equations and transformations. Vectors, matrices, and determinants are the fundamental tools of linear algebra. We will learn each of these in detail using Breeze. Breeze is the underlying linear algebra library used for numerical processing. Respective Spark objects are wrappers around Breeze, and act as a public interface to ensure the consistency of the Spark ML library even if Breeze changes internally.

Setting up the Scala environment in Intellij

It is best to use an IDE like IntelliJ to edit Scala code, which provides faster development tools and coding assistance. Code completion and inspection makes coding and debugging faster and simpler, ensuring you focus on the end goal of learning...