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Apache Spark 2: Data Processing and Real-Time Analytics

By : Romeo Kienzler, Md. Rezaul Karim, Sridhar Alla, Siamak Amirghodsi, Meenakshi Rajendran, Broderick Hall, Shuen Mei
Book Image

Apache Spark 2: Data Processing and Real-Time Analytics

By: Romeo Kienzler, Md. Rezaul Karim, Sridhar Alla, Siamak Amirghodsi, Meenakshi Rajendran, Broderick Hall, Shuen Mei

Overview of this book

Apache Spark is an in-memory, cluster-based data processing system that provides a wide range of functionalities such as big data processing, analytics, machine learning, and more. With this Learning Path, you can take your knowledge of Apache Spark to the next level by learning how to expand Spark's functionality and building your own data flow and machine learning programs on this platform. You will work with the different modules in Apache Spark, such as interactive querying with Spark SQL, using DataFrames and datasets, implementing streaming analytics with Spark Streaming, and applying machine learning and deep learning techniques on Spark using MLlib and various external tools. By the end of this elaborately designed Learning Path, you will have all the knowledge you need to master Apache Spark, and build your own big data processing and analytics pipeline quickly and without any hassle. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: • Mastering Apache Spark 2.x by Romeo Kienzler • Scala and Spark for Big Data Analytics by Md. Rezaul Karim, Sridhar Alla • Apache Spark 2.x Machine Learning Cookbook by Siamak Amirghodsi, Meenakshi Rajendran, Broderick Hall, Shuen MeiCookbook
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) to classify documents and text into topics


In this recipe, we will explore the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) algorithm in Spark 2.0. The LDA we use in this recipe is completely different from linear discrimination analysis. Both Latent Dirichlet Allocation and linear discrimination analysis are referred to as LDA, but they are extremely different techniques. In this recipe, when we use the LDA, we refer to Latent Dirichlet Allocation. The chapter on text analytics is also relevant to understanding the LDA.

LDA is often used in natural language processing which tries to classify a large body of the document (for example, emails from the Enron fraud case) into a discrete number of topics or themes so it can be understood. LDA is also a good candidate for selecting articles based on one's interest (for example, as you turn a page and spend time on a specific topic) in a given magazine article or page.

How to do it...

  1. Start a new project in IntelliJ or in an...