

File Size: 7907 KB
Print Length: 340 pages
Publisher: Packt Publishing (February 20, 2015)
Publication Date: February 20, 2015
Sold by: Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B00TXBLFB0
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This book is a nice introduction to using the Apache Spark framework. It assumes no prior knowledge of either Hadoop, Spark or machine learning itself (although the latter is covered at quite a rapid pace in places so some background would likely be helpful!). The code examples are presented in Python and (mainly) Scala, with examples that are reasonably well-described.The overall tone of the book is clear and the chapters progress in a logical order, with a fairly rapid journey through the main machine learning techniques from a Spark perspective. Later chapters were particularly interesting, covering text mining and more complex methods (e.g. feature hashing).Some of the example data sets feel a little 'tired' (movie ratings data yet again - or perhaps I've just read too many machine learning books), but otherwise this is a good book and comes recommended.
This book gives a great introduction to using the Apache Spark framework, a goto for anyone who wishes to learn how to use Apache Spark framework. It assumes no prior knowledge of either Hadoop or Spark. The code examples are presented in Python and Scala are well-described.The overall the book is clearly structured and the chapters progress in a logical order, with a fairly rapid introduction to machine learning techniques from a Spark perspective.I definitely do recommend this book for beginners.
This is not a great book.
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