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Scala Data Analysis Cookbook (new)

You're reading from Scala Data Analysis Cookbook (new) Navigate the world of data analysis, visualization, and machine learning with over 100 hands-on Scala recipes

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2015

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781784396749

Length 254 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Scala

Tools

Apache Spark

Concepts

Data Analysis

Author (1):

Manivannan

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Scala Data Analysis Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. Getting Started with Breeze

2. Getting Started with Apache Spark DataFrames FREE CHAPTER

3. Loading and Preparing Data – DataFrame

4. Data Visualization

5. Learning from Data

6. Scaling Up

7. Going Further

Index

Chapter 2. Getting Started with Apache Spark DataFrames

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

Getting Apache Spark
Creating a DataFrame from CSV
Manipulating DataFrames
Creating a DataFrame from Scala case classes

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Authors (1)

Manivannan

Manivannan

Arun Manivannan has been an engineer in various multinational companies, tier-1 financial institutions, and start-ups, primarily focusing on developing distributed applications that manage and mine data. His languages of choice are Scala and Java, but he also meddles around with various others for kicks. He blogs at http://rerun.me. Arun holds a master's degree in software engineering from the National University of Singapore. He also holds degrees in commerce, computer applications, and HR management. His interests and education could probably be a good dataset for clustering.

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