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Hands-On Data Analysis with Scala

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Product type Book
Published in May 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789346114
Pages 298 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Rajesh Gupta Rajesh Gupta
Profile icon Rajesh Gupta

Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface 1. Section 1: Scala and Data Analysis Life Cycle
2. Scala Overview 3. Data Analysis Life Cycle 4. Data Ingestion 5. Data Exploration and Visualization 6. Applying Statistics and Hypothesis Testing 7. Section 2: Advanced Data Analysis and Machine Learning
8. Introduction to Spark for Distributed Data Analysis 9. Traditional Machine Learning for Data Analysis 10. Section 3: Real-Time Data Analysis and Scalability
11. Near Real-Time Data Analysis Using Streaming 12. Working with Data at Scale 13. Another Book You May Enjoy

Algorithm selections

Each ML algorithm has its own strengths and weaknesses. Selecting an appropriate machine algorithm and tuning the model requires a fair amount of experience working with these algorithms, however, the following factors also play a significant role in applying these techniques effectively:

  • Asking the right question: A great deal of effort is generally required in formulating the right question.
  • Understanding the business domain: Having a good understanding of the relevant business domain and context is equally important to build good models.
  • Understanding data: Ultimately, the data is used to train the model. If the data is not understood correctly or the data quality is poor, the built model is unlikely to be effective.

All of the preceding aspects outlined are somewhat interdependent and a mastery of all of these is a prerequisite to selecting the appropriate...

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