INF553-Homework 2 SON Algorithm using Apache Spark Framework Solved

In this assignment, you will implement the SON algorithm using the Apache Spark Framework. You will develop a program to find frequent itemsets in two datasets, one simulated dataset and one real-world dataset generated from Yelp dataset. The goal of this assignment is to apply the algorithms you have learned in class on large datasets more efficiently in a distributed environment. 2. Requirements 2.1 Programming Requirements a. You must use Python to implement all tasks. There will be 10% bonus for each task if you also submit a Scala implementation and both your Python and Scala implementations are correct. b. You are required to only use Spark RDD in order to understand Spark operations more deeply. You will not get any point if you use Spark DataFrame or DataSet. 2.2 Programming Environment Python 3.6, Scala 2.11 and Spark 2.3. Datasets In this assignment, you will use one simulated dataset and one real-world. In task 1, you will build and test your program with a small simulated CSV file that has been provided to you. Then you need to generate a subset using business.json and review.json from the Yelp dataset (https://www.yelp.com/dataset) with the same structure as the simulated data. Figure 2 shows the file structure, the first column is user_id and the second column is business_id. In task2, you will test your code with this real-world data. Figure 2: Input Data Format 4. Tasks In this assignment, you will implement the SON algorithm to solve all tasks (Task 1 and 2) on top of Apache Spark Framework. You need to find all the possible combinations of the frequent itemsets in any given input file within the required time. You can refer to the Chapter 6 from the Mining of Massive Datasets book and concentrate on section 6.4 – Limited-Pass Algorithms. (Hint: you can choose either A-Priori, MultiHash, or PCY algorithm to process each chunk of the data) 4.1 Task 1: Simulated data (3 pts) There are two CSV files (small1.csv and small2.csv) on the Blackboard. The small1.csv is just a test file that you can used to debug your code. For task1, we will only test your code on small2.csv. In this task, you need to build two kinds of market-basket model. Case 1 (1.5 pts): You will calculate the combinations of frequent businesses (as singletons, pairs, triples, etc.) that are qualified as frequent given a support threshold. You need to create a basket for each user containing the business ids reviewed by this user. If a business was reviewed more than once by a reviewer, we consider this product was rated only once. More specifically, the business ids within each basket are unique. The generated baskets are similar to: user1: [business11, business12, business13, ...] user2: [business21, business22, business23, ...] user3: [business31, business32, business33, ...] Case 2 (1.5 pts): You will calculate the combinations of frequent users (as singletons, pairs, triples, etc.) that are qualified as frequent given a support threshold. You need to create a basket for each business containing the user ids that commented on this business. Similar to case 1, the user ids within each basket are unique. The generated baskets are similar to: business1: [user11, user12, user13, ...] business2: [user21, user22, user23, ...] business3: [user31, user32, user33, ...] Input format: 1. Case number: Integer that specifies the case. 1 for Case 1 and 2 for Case 2. 2. Support: Integer that defines the minimum count to qualify as a frequent itemset. 3. Input file path: This is the path to the input file including path, file name and extension. 4. Output file path: This is the path to the output file including path, file name and extension. Output format: 1. Runtime: the total execution time from loading the file till finishing writing the output file You need to print the runtime in the console with the “Duration” tag, e.g., “Duration: 100”. 2. Output file: (1) Intermediate result You should use “Candidates:”as the tag. For each line you should output the candidates of frequent itemsets you found after the first pass of SON algorithm followed by an empty line after each combination. The printed itemsets must be sorted in lexicographical order (Both user_id and business_id are type of string). (2) Final result You should use “Frequent Itemsets:”as the tag. For each line you should output the final frequent itemsets you found after finishing the SON algorithm. The format is the same with the intermediate results. The printed itemsets must be sorted in lexicographical order. Here is an example of the output file: Both the intermediate results and final results should be saved in ONE output result file “firstname_lastname_task1.txt”. Execution example: Python: spark-submit firstname_lastname_task1.py Scala: spark-submit –class firstname_lastname_task1 firstname_lastname_hw2.jar 4.2 Task 2: Yelp data (4 pts) In task2, you will explore the Yelp dataset to find the frequent business sets (only case 1). You will jointly use the business.json and review.json to generate the input user-business CSV file yourselves. 4.2.1 SON algorithm on Yelp data (3.5 pts): (1) Data preprocessing You need to generate a sample dataset from business.json and review.json with following steps: 1. The state of the business you need is Nevada, i.e., filtering ‘state’== ‘NV’. 2. Select “user_id” and “business_id” from review.json whose “business_id” is from Nevada. Each line in the CSV file would be “user_id1, business_id1”. 3. The header of CSV file should be “user_id,business_id” You need to save the dataset in CSV format. Figure 3 shows an example of the output file Figure 3: user_business file You do NOT need to submit the code and the output file of this data preprocessing step. Please do NOT include the code of this step in the task2.py or task2.scala file. (2) Apply SON algorithm The requirements for task 2 are similar to task 1. However, you will test your implementation with the large dataset you just generated. For this purpose, you need to report the total execution time. For this execution time, we take into account also the time from reading the file till writing the results to the output file. You are asked to find the frequent business sets (only case 1) from the file you just generated. The following are the steps you need to do: 1. Reading the user_business CSV file in to RDD and then build the case 1 market-basket model; 2. Find out qualified users who reviewed more than k businesses. (k is the filter threshold); 3. Apply the SON algorithm code to the filtered market-basket model; Input format: 1. Filter threshold: Integer that is used to filter out qualified users 2. Support: Integer that defines the minimum count to qualify as a frequent itemset. 3. Input file path: This is the path to the input file including path, file name and extension. 4. Output file path: This is the path to the output file including path, file name and extension. Output format: 1. Runtime: the total execution time from loading the file till finishing writing the output file You need to print the runtime in the console with the “Duration” tag, e.g., “Duration: 100”. 2. Output file The output file format is the same with task 1. Both the intermediate results and final results should be saved in ONE output result file “firstname_lastname_task2.txt”. Execution example: Python: spark-submit firstname_lastname_task2.py Scala: spark-submit –class firstname_lastname_task2 firstname_lastname_hw2.jar 4.2.2 Result explanation : You need to explore the results of your output from task 2, especially the frequent itemsets with the highest number of items. Here are some hints: 1. Compare the business name and category 2. Consider the location of the business This is an open question, you are free to talk about any findings that you think are interesting. You need to submit your findings in a PDF file. No more than 150 words.