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jay vyas commented on BIGTOP-1366:
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Update RJ Has ported his initial python based generator to java, which will 
serve as the seed for this 
https://github.com/rnowling/bigpetstore-data-generator/ .  
 

> Updated, Richer Model for Generating Data for BigPetStore 
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: BIGTOP-1366
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BIGTOP-1366
>             Project: Bigtop
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: blueprints
>    Affects Versions: backlog
>            Reporter: RJ Nowling
>            Assignee: RJ Nowling
>            Priority: Minor
>   Original Estimate: 8,736h
>  Remaining Estimate: 8,736h
>
> BigPetStore uses synthetic data as the basis for its workflow.  BPS's current 
> model for generating customer data is sufficient for basic testing of the 
> Hadoop ecosystem, **but the model is very basic and lacks sufficient 
> complexity for embedding interesting patterns into the data**.  
> As a result, **more complex, scalable testing such as testing clustering 
> algorithms in Mahout on non-trivial data or multidimensional data with 
> factors influencing it** is not currently possible.
> Efforts are currently underway to incrementally improve the current model 
> (see BIGTOP-1271 and BIGTOP-1272).  
> To create a model that can that incorporate **realistic, non-hierarchichal 
> patterns** and input data to generate rich customer/transaction data with 
> interesting correlations will require a re-imagining of the current model and 
> its framework.
> To support the improvements to the model in BigPetStore, I have been working 
> on an **alternative ab initio model, developed from scratch**. Since the 
> development of a new model involves substantial R&D work with more 
> specialized tools (mathematical and plotting libraries), I'm doing the 
> current work outside of BPS using the iPython Notebook environment.  Due to 
> the long time frame, the model will be developed on a separate timeline to 
> prevent slowing the development of BPS.  
> Once the model has stabilized, I will begin incorporating the model into BPS 
> itself.  One option is to implement the model in using Scala for clean 
> integration with **spark** which is likely to play an increasingly important 
> role in the hadoop ecosystem, and thus will be an important part of 
> bigpetstore as a test/blueprint app.



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