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Big Data Analytics with Java

You're reading from   Big Data Analytics with Java Data analysis, visualization & machine learning techniques

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787288980
Length 418 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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RAJAT MEHTA RAJAT MEHTA
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Preface 1. Big Data Analytics with Java FREE CHAPTER 2. First Steps in Data Analysis 3. Data Visualization 4. Basics of Machine Learning 5. Regression on Big Data 6. Naive Bayes and Sentiment Analysis 7. Decision Trees 8. Ensembling on Big Data 9. Recommendation Systems 10. Clustering and Customer Segmentation on Big Data 11. Massive Graphs on Big Data 12. Real-Time Analytics on Big Data 13. Deep Learning Using Big Data Index

Refresher on graphs

In this section, we will cover some of the basic concepts of graphs; this is supposed to be a refresher section on graphs. This is a basic section; hence, if you already know this information, you can skip this section. Graphs are used in many important concepts in our day-to-day lives. Before we dive into the ways of representing a graph, let's look at some of the popular use cases of graphs (though this is not a complete list):

  • Graphs are used heavily in social networks
  • In finding driving directions via GPS
  • In many recommendation engines
  • In fraud detection in many financial companies
  • In search engines and in network traffic flows
  • In biological analysis

As you must have noted earlier, graphs are used in many applications that we might be using on a daily basis.

Graphs are a form of a data structure in computer science that help in depicting entities and the connection between them. So, if there are two entities, such as Airport A and Airport B and they are connected by...

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