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Machine Learning at Scale with H2O

By : Gregory Keys, David Whiting
Book Image

Machine Learning at Scale with H2O

By: Gregory Keys, David Whiting

Overview of this book

H2O is an open source, fast, and scalable machine learning framework that allows you to build models using big data and then easily productionalize them in diverse enterprise environments. Machine Learning at Scale with H2O begins with an overview of the challenges faced in building machine learning models on large enterprise systems, and then addresses how H2O helps you to overcome them. You’ll start by exploring H2O’s in-memory distributed architecture and find out how it enables you to build highly accurate and explainable models on massive datasets using your favorite ML algorithms, language, and IDE. You’ll also get to grips with the seamless integration of H2O model building and deployment with Spark using H2O Sparkling Water. You’ll then learn how to easily deploy models with H2O MOJO. Next, the book shows you how H2O Enterprise Steam handles admin configurations and user management, and then helps you to identify different stakeholder perspectives that a data scientist must understand in order to succeed in an enterprise setting. Finally, you’ll be introduced to the H2O AI Cloud platform and explore the entire machine learning life cycle using multiple advanced AI capabilities. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to build and deploy advanced, state-of-the-art machine learning models for your business needs.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Section 1 – Introduction to the H2O Machine Learning Platform for Data at Scale
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Section 2 – Building State-of-the-Art Models on Large Data Volumes Using H2O
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Section 3 – Deploying Your Models to Production Environments
14
Section 4 – Enterprise Stakeholder Perspectives
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Section 5 – Broadening the View – Data to AI Applications with the H2O AI Cloud Platform

The workflow using H2O components

Now that we understand the roles and key features of H2O's machine learning at scale components, let's tie them together into a high-level workflow, as represented in the following diagram:

Figure 2.1 – A high-level machine learning at scale workflow with H2O

The workflow occurs in the following sequence:

  1. The administrator configures H2O Enterprise Steam.
  2. The data scientist logs into H2O Enterprise Steam and launches the H2O Core cluster (choosing either H2O-3 or H2O Sparkling Water).
  3. The data scientist uses their favorite client to build models using the Python, R, or Java/Scala language flavor of the H2O model building API. The data scientist uses a UI or IDE to authenticate to H2O Enterprise Steam and connect to the H2O cluster that was started on H2O Enterprise Steam.
  4. The data scientist uses the IDE to iterate through the model building steps with H2O.
  5. After the data scientist decides...