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-------- Original message --------
From: Trevor Grant <trevor.d.gr...@gmail.com>
Date: 04/14/2017 11:40 (GMT-08:00)
To: dev@mahout.apache.org
Subject: Re: Trying to write the KMeans Clustering Using "Apache Mahout Samsara"

Parth and Dmitriy,

This is awesome- as a follow on can we work on getting this rolled in to
the algorithms framework?

Happy to work with you on this Parth!

Trevor Grant
Data Scientist
https://github.com/rawkintrevo
http://stackexchange.com/users/3002022/rawkintrevo
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On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Dmitriy Lyubimov <dlie...@gmail.com> wrote:

> i would think reassinging keys should work in most cases.
> The only exception is that technically Spark contracts imply that effect
> should be idempotent if task is retried, which might be a problem in a
> specific scenario of the object tree coming out from block cache object
> tree, which can stay there and be retried again. but specifically w.r.t.
> this key assignment i don't see any problem since the action obviously
> would be idempotent even if this code is run multiple times on the same
> (key, block) pair. This part should be good IMO.
>
> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 2:26 AM, KHATWANI PARTH BHARAT <
> h2016...@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in> wrote:
>
> > @Dmitriy Sir,
> > In the K means code above I think i am doing the following Incorrectly
> >
> > Assigning the closest centriod index to the Row Keys of DRM
> >
> > //11. Iterating over the Data Matrix(in DrmLike[Int] format) to calculate
> > the initial centriods
> >     dataDrmX.mapBlock() {
> >       case (keys, block) =>
> >         for (row <- 0 until block.nrow) {
> >           var dataPoint = block(row, ::)
> >
> >           //12. findTheClosestCentriod find the closest centriod to the
> > Data point specified by "dataPoint"
> >           val closesetIndex = findTheClosestCentriod(dataPoint,
> centriods)
> >
> >           //13. assigning closest index to key
> >           keys(row) = closesetIndex
> >         }
> >         keys -> block
> >     }
> >
> >  in step 12 i am finding the centriod closest to the current dataPoint
> >  in step13 i am assigning the closesetIndex to the key of the
> corresponding
> > row represented by the dataPoint
> > I think i am doing step13 incorrectly.
> >
> > Also i am unable to find the proper reference for the same in the
> reference
> > links which you have mentioned above
> >
> >
> > Thanks & Regards
> > Parth Khatwani
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 6:24 PM, KHATWANI PARTH BHARAT <
> > h2016...@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in> wrote:
> >
> > > Dmitriy Sir,
> > > I have Created a github branch Github Branch Having Initial Kmeans Code
> > > <https://github.com/parth2691/Spark_Mahout/tree/Dmitriy-Lyubimov>
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks & Regards
> > > Parth Khatwani
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 3:19 AM, Andrew Palumbo <ap....@outlook.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> +1 to creating a branch.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -------- Original message --------
> > >> From: Dmitriy Lyubimov <dlie...@gmail.com>
> > >> Date: 04/12/2017 11:25 (GMT-08:00)
> > >> To: dev@mahout.apache.org
> > >> Subject: Re: Trying to write the KMeans Clustering Using "Apache
> Mahout
> > >> Samsara"
> > >>
> > >> can't say i can read this code well formatted that way...
> > >>
> > >> it would seem to me that the code is not using the broadcast variable
> > and
> > >> instead is using closure variable. that's the only thing i can
> > immediately
> > >> see by looking in the middle of it.
> > >>
> > >> it would be better if you created a branch on github for that code
> that
> > >> would allow for easy check-outs and comments.
> > >>
> > >> -d
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 10:29 AM, KHATWANI PARTH BHARAT <
> > >> h2016...@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > @Dmitriy Sir
> > >> >
> > >> > I have completed the Kmeans code as per the algorithm you have
> Outline
> > >> > above
> > >> >
> > >> > My code is as follows
> > >> >
> > >> > This code works fine till step number 10
> > >> >
> > >> > In step 11 i am assigning the new centriod index  to corresponding
> row
> > >> key
> > >> > of data Point in the matrix
> > >> > I think i am doing something wrong in step 11 may be i am using
> > >> incorrect
> > >> > syntax
> > >> >
> > >> > Can you help me find out what am i doing wrong.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > //start of main method
> > >> >
> > >> > def main(args: Array[String]) {
> > >> >      //1. initialize the spark and mahout context
> > >> >     val conf = new SparkConf()
> > >> >       .setAppName("DRMExample")
> > >> >       .setMaster(args(0))
> > >> >       .set("spark.serializer", "org.apache.spark.serializer.
> > >> > KryoSerializer")
> > >> >       .set("spark.kryo.registrator",
> > >> > "org.apache.mahout.sparkbindings.io.MahoutKryoRegistrator")
> > >> >     implicit val sc = new SparkDistributedContext(new
> > >> SparkContext(conf))
> > >> >
> > >> >     //2. read the data file and save it in the rdd
> > >> >     val lines = sc.textFile(args(1))
> > >> >
> > >> >     //3. convert data read in as string in to array of double
> > >> >     val test = lines.map(line => line.split('\t').map(_.toDouble))
> > >> >
> > >> >     //4. add a column having value 1 in array of double this will
> > >> > create something like (1 | D)',  which will be used while
> calculating
> > >> > (1 | D)'
> > >> >     val augumentedArray = test.map(addCentriodColumn _)
> > >> >
> > >> >     //5. convert rdd of array of double in rdd of DenseVector
> > >> >     val rdd = augumentedArray.map(dvec(_))
> > >> >
> > >> >     //6. convert rdd to DrmRdd
> > >> >     val rddMatrixLike: DrmRdd[Int] = rdd.zipWithIndex.map { case (v,
> > >> > idx) => (idx.toInt, v) }        //7. convert DrmRdd to
> > >> > CheckpointedDrm[Int]    val matrix = drmWrap(rddMatrixLike)    //8.
> > >> > seperating the column having all ones created in step 4 and will use
> > >> > it later    val oneVector = matrix(::, 0 until 1)        //9. final
> > >> > input data in DrmLike[Int] format    val dataDrmX = matrix(::, 1
> until
> > >> > 4)            //9. Sampling to select initial centriods    val
> > >> > centriods = drmSampleKRows(dataDrmX, 2, false)    centriods.size
> > >> > //10. Broad Casting the initial centriods    val broadCastMatrix =
> > >> > drmBroadcast(centriods)            //11. Iterating over the Data
> > >> > Matrix(in DrmLike[Int] format) to calculate the initial centriods
> > >> > dataDrmX.mapBlock() {      case (keys, block) =>        for (row <-
> 0
> > >> > until block.nrow) {          var dataPoint = block(row, ::)
> > >> >         //12. findTheClosestCentriod find the closest centriod to
> the
> > >> > Data point specified by "dataPoint"          val closesetIndex =
> > >> > findTheClosestCentriod(dataPoint, centriods)
> //13.
> > >> > assigning closest index to key          keys(row) = closesetIndex
> > >> >   }        keys -> block    }
> > >> >
> > >> >     //14. Calculating the (1|D)      val b = (oneVector cbind
> > >> > dataDrmX)        //15. Aggregating Transpose (1|D)'    val
> bTranspose
> > >> > = (oneVector cbind dataDrmX).t    // after step 15 bTranspose will
> > >> > have data in the following format        /*(n+1)*K where n=dimension
> > >> > of the data point, K=number of clusters    * zeroth row will contain
> > >> > the count of points assigned to each cluster    * assuming 3d data
> > >> > points     *     */
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >     val nrows = b.nrow.toInt    //16. slicing the count vectors out
> > >> >  val pointCountVectors = drmBroadcast(b(0 until 1, ::).collect(0,
> ::))
> > >> >    val vectorSums = b(1 until nrows, ::)    //17. dividing the data
> > >> > point by count vector    vectorSums.mapBlock() {      case (keys,
> > >> > block) =>        for (row <- 0 until block.nrow) {
> block(row,
> > >> > ::) /= pointCountVectors        }        keys -> block    }    //18.
> > >> > seperating the count vectors    val newCentriods = vectorSums.t(::,1
> > >> > until centriods.size)            //19. iterate over the above code
> > >> > till convergence criteria is meet   }//end of main method
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >   // method to find the closest centriod to data point( vec: Vector
> > >> > in the arguments)  def findTheClosestCentriod(vec: Vector, matrix:
> > >> > Matrix): Int = {
> > >> >     var index = 0
> > >> >     var closest = Double.PositiveInfinity
> > >> >     for (row <- 0 until matrix.nrow) {
> > >> >       val squaredSum = ssr(vec, matrix(row, ::))
> > >> >       val tempDist = Math.sqrt(ssr(vec, matrix(row, ::)))
> > >> >       if (tempDist < closest) {
> > >> >         closest = tempDist
> > >> >         index = row
> > >> >       }
> > >> >     }
> > >> >     index
> > >> >   }
> > >> >
> > >> >    //calculating the sum of squared distance between the
> > points(Vectors)
> > >> >   def ssr(a: Vector, b: Vector): Double = {
> > >> >     (a - b) ^= 2 sum
> > >> >   }
> > >> >
> > >> >   //method used to create (1|D)
> > >> >   def addCentriodColumn(arg: Array[Double]): Array[Double] = {
> > >> >     val newArr = new Array[Double](arg.length + 1)
> > >> >     newArr(0) = 1.0;
> > >> >     for (i <- 0 until (arg.size)) {
> > >> >       newArr(i + 1) = arg(i);
> > >> >     }
> > >> >     newArr
> > >> >   }
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks & Regards
> > >> > Parth Khatwani
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 7:37 PM, KHATWANI PARTH BHARAT <
> > >> > h2016...@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > >
> > >> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > >> > > From: Dmitriy Lyubimov <dlie...@gmail.com>
> > >> > > Date: Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 11:34 PM
> > >> > > Subject: Re: Trying to write the KMeans Clustering Using "Apache
> > >> Mahout
> > >> > > Samsara"
> > >> > > To: "dev@mahout.apache.org" <dev@mahout.apache.org>
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > > ps1 this assumes row-wise construction of A based on training set
> > of m
> > >> > > n-dimensional points.
> > >> > > ps2 since we are doing multiple passes over A it may make sense to
> > >> make
> > >> > > sure it is committed to spark cache (by using checkpoint api), if
> > >> spark
> > >> > is
> > >> > > used
> > >> > >
> > >> > > On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 10:53 AM, Dmitriy Lyubimov <
> > dlie...@gmail.com
> > >> >
> > >> > > wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > > here is the outline. For details of APIs, please refer to
> samsara
> > >> > manual
> > >> > > > [2], i will not be be repeating it.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Assume your training data input is m x n matrix A. For
> simplicity
> > >> let's
> > >> > > > assume it's a DRM with int row keys, i.e., DrmLike[Int].
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Initialization:
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > First, classic k-means starts by selecting initial clusters, by
> > >> > sampling
> > >> > > > them out. You can do that by using sampling api [1], thus
> forming
> > a
> > >> k
> > >> > x n
> > >> > > > in-memory matrix C (current centroids). C is therefore of
> Mahout's
> > >> > Matrix
> > >> > > > type.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > You the proceed by alternating between cluster assignments and
> > >> > > > recompupting centroid matrix C till convergence based on some
> test
> > >> or
> > >> > > > simply limited by epoch count budget, your choice.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Cluster assignments: here, we go over current generation of A
> and
> > >> > > > recompute centroid indexes for each row in A. Once we recompute
> > >> index,
> > >> > we
> > >> > > > put it into the row key . You can do that by assigning centroid
> > >> indices
> > >> > > to
> > >> > > > keys of A using operator mapblock() (details in [2], [3], [4]).
> > You
> > >> > also
> > >> > > > need to broadcast C in order to be able to access it in
> efficient
> > >> > manner
> > >> > > > inside mapblock() closure. Examples of that are plenty given in
> > [2].
> > >> > > > Essentially, in mapblock, you'd reform the row keys to reflect
> > >> cluster
> > >> > > > index in C. while going over A, you'd have a "nearest neighbor"
> > >> problem
> > >> > > to
> > >> > > > solve for the row of A and centroids C. This is the bulk of
> > >> computation
> > >> > > > really, and there are a few tricks there that can speed this
> step
> > >> up in
> > >> > > > both exact and approximate manner, but you can start with a
> naive
> > >> > search.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Centroid recomputation:
> > >> > > > once you assigned centroids to the keys of marix A, you'd want
> to
> > >> do an
> > >> > > > aggregating transpose of A to compute essentially average of
> row A
> > >> > > grouped
> > >> > > > by the centroid key. The trick is to do a computation of (1|A)'
> > >> which
> > >> > > will
> > >> > > > results in a matrix of the shape (Counts/sums of cluster rows).
> > >> This is
> > >> > > the
> > >> > > > part i find difficult to explain without a latex graphics.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > In Samsara, construction of (1|A)' corresponds to DRM expression
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > (1 cbind A).t (again, see [2]).
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > So when you compute, say,
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > B = (1 | A)',
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > then B is (n+1) x k, so each column contains a vector
> > corresponding
> > >> to
> > >> > a
> > >> > > > cluster 1..k. In such column, the first element would be # of
> > >> points in
> > >> > > the
> > >> > > > cluster, and the rest of it would correspond to sum of all
> points.
> > >> So
> > >> > in
> > >> > > > order to arrive to an updated matrix C, we need to collect B
> into
> > >> > memory,
> > >> > > > and slice out counters (first row) from the rest of it.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > So, to compute C:
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > C <- B (2:,:) each row divided by B(1,:)
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > (watch out for empty clusters with 0 elements, this will cause
> > lack
> > >> of
> > >> > > > convergence and NaNs in the newly computed C).
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > This operation obviously uses subblocking and row-wise iteration
> > >> over
> > >> > B,
> > >> > > > for which i am again making reference to [2].
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/mahout/blob/master/math-scala/
> > >> > > > src/main/scala/org/apache/mahout/math/drm/package.scala#L149
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > [2], Sasmara manual, a bit dated but viable,
> http://apache.github
> > .
> > >> > > > io/mahout/doc/ScalaSparkBindings.html
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > [3] scaladoc, again, dated but largely viable for the purpose of
> > >> this
> > >> > > > exercise:
> > >> > > > http://apache.github.io/mahout/0.10.1/docs/mahout-math-
> > >> scala/index.htm
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > [4] mapblock etc. http://apache.github.io/mahout
> > >> /0.10.1/docs/mahout-
> > >> > > > math-scala/index.html#org.apache.mahout.math.drm.RLikeDrmOps
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 9:54 AM, KHATWANI PARTH BHARAT <
> > >> > > > h2016...@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in> wrote:
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >> @Dmitriycan you please again tell me the approach to move
> ahead.
> > >> > > >>
> > >> > > >>
> > >> > > >> Thanks
> > >> > > >> Parth Khatwani
> > >> > > >>
> > >> > > >>
> > >> > > >> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 10:15 PM, KHATWANI PARTH BHARAT <
> > >> > > >> h2016...@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in> wrote:
> > >> > > >>
> > >> > > >> > yes i am unable to figure out the way ahead.
> > >> > > >> > Like how to create the augmented matrix A := (0|D) which you
> > have
> > >> > > >> > mentioned.
> > >> > > >> >
> > >> > > >> >
> > >> > > >> > On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 10:10 PM, Dmitriy Lyubimov <
> > >> > dlie...@gmail.com
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >> > wrote:
> > >> > > >> >
> > >> > > >> >> was my reply for your post on @user has been a bit
> confusing?
> > >> > > >> >>
> > >> > > >> >> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 8:40 AM, KHATWANI PARTH BHARAT <
> > >> > > >> >> h2016...@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in> wrote:
> > >> > > >> >>
> > >> > > >> >> > Sir,
> > >> > > >> >> > I am trying to write the kmeans clustering algorithm using
> > >> Mahout
> > >> > > >> >> Samsara
> > >> > > >> >> > but i am bit confused
> > >> > > >> >> > about how to leverage Distributed Row Matrix for the same.
> > Can
> > >> > > >> anybody
> > >> > > >> >> help
> > >> > > >> >> > me with same.
> > >> > > >> >> >
> > >> > > >> >> >
> > >> > > >> >> >
> > >> > > >> >> >
> > >> > > >> >> >
> > >> > > >> >> > Thanks
> > >> > > >> >> > Parth Khatwani
> > >> > > >> >> >
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