This repository contains the source code for the pyspark_kmodes package to perform K-modes clustering in PySpark. The package implements the ensemble-based algorithm proposed by Visalakshi and Arunprabha (IJERD, March 2015).
K-modes clustering is performed on each partition of a Spark RDD, and the resulting clusters are collected to the driver node. Local K-modes clustering is then performed on the centroids returned from each partition to yield a final set of cluster centroids.
This package was written by Marissa Saunders and relies on an adaptation of the KModes package by Nico de Vos https://github.com/nicodv/kmodes for the local iterations. Using this package for clustering Clickstream data is described by Marissa Saunders in this YouTube video.
This module has been developed and tested on Spark 1.5.2 and 1.6.1 and should work under Python 2.7 and 3.5.
The module depends on scikit-learn 0.16+ (for check_array). See requirements.txt for this and other package dependencies.
Once cloned or downloaded, execute pip from the top-level directory to install:
$ ls
LICENSE README.rst pyspark_kmodes setup.cfg
MANIFEST.in docs requirements.txt setup.py
$ pip install .
[...]The docs directory includes a sample Jupyter/iPython notebook to demonstrate its use.
$ cd docs
$ jupyter notebook PySpark-Distributed-KModes-example.ipynb - NK Visalakshi and K Arunprabha, 2015. Ensemble based Distributed K-Modes Clustering, International Journal of Engineering Research and Development, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp.79-89, http://files.figshare.com/2011247/J1137989.pdf.
- Zhexue Huang, 1998. Extensions to the k-Means Algorithm for Clustering Large Data Sets with Categorical Values, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery 2, pp. 283–304, http://www.cse.ust.hk/~qyang/537/Papers/huang98extensions.pdf.
