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Machine Learning with Scala Quick Start Guide

By : Md. Rezaul Karim, Ajay Kumar N
Book Image

Machine Learning with Scala Quick Start Guide

By: Md. Rezaul Karim, Ajay Kumar N

Overview of this book

Scala is a highly scalable integration of object-oriented nature and functional programming concepts that make it easy to build scalable and complex big data applications. This book is a handy guide for machine learning developers and data scientists who want to develop and train effective machine learning models in Scala. The book starts with an introduction to machine learning, while covering deep learning and machine learning basics. It then explains how to use Scala-based ML libraries to solve classification and regression problems using linear regression, generalized linear regression, logistic regression, support vector machine, and Naïve Bayes algorithms. It also covers tree-based ensemble techniques for solving both classification and regression problems. Moving ahead, it covers unsupervised learning techniques, such as dimensionality reduction, clustering, and recommender systems. Finally, it provides a brief overview of deep learning using a real-life example in Scala.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)

Technical requirements

You'll be required to have basic knowledge of Scala and Java. Since Scala is also a JVM-based language, make sure both Java JRE and JDK are installed and configured on your machine. To be more specific, you'll need Scala 2.11.x and Java 1.8.x version installed. Also, you need an IDE, such as Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, or Scala IDE, with the necessary plugins. However, if you're using IntelliJ IDEA, Scala will already be integrated.

The code files of this chapter can be found on GitHub:

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Machine-Learning-with-Scala-Quick-Start-Guide/tree/master/Chapter01

Check out the following video to see the Code in Action:
http://bit.ly/2V3Id08