diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/fpm/Prefixspan.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/fpm/Prefixspan.scala
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.mllib.fpm
+
+import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
+
+/**
+ *
+ * A parallel PrefixSpan algorithm to mine sequential pattern.
+ * The PrefixSpan algorithm is described in
+ * [[http://web.engr.illinois.edu/~hanj/pdf/span01.pdf]].
+ *
+ * @param sequences original sequences data
+ * @param minSupport the minimal support level of the sequential pattern, any pattern appears
+ *                   more than minSupport times will be output
+ * @param maxPatternLength the maximal length of the sequential pattern, any pattern appears
+ *                   less than maxPatternLength will be output
+ *
+ * @see [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequential_Pattern_Mining Sequential Pattern Mining
+ *       (Wikipedia)]]
+ */
+class Prefixspan(
+    val sequences: RDD[Array[Int]],
+    val minSupport: Int = 2,
+    val maxPatternLength: Int = 50) extends java.io.Serializable {
+
+  /**
+   * Calculate sequential patterns:
+   * a) find and collect length-one patterns
+   * b) for each length-one patterns and each sequence,
+   *    emit (pattern (prefix), suffix sequence) as key-value pairs
+   * c) group by key and then map value iterator to array
+   * d) local PrefixSpan on each prefix
+   * @return sequential patterns
+   */
+  def run(): RDD[(Seq[Int], Int)] = {
+    val (patternsOneLength, prefixAndCandidates) = findPatternsLengthOne()
+    val repartitionedRdd = repartitionSequences(prefixAndCandidates)
+    val nextPatterns = getPatternsInLocal(repartitionedRdd)
+    val allPatterns = patternsOneLength.map(x => (Seq(x._1), x._2)) ++ nextPatterns
+    allPatterns
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Find the patterns that it's length is one
+   * @return length-one patterns and projection table
+   */
+  private def findPatternsLengthOne(): (RDD[(Int, Int)], RDD[(Seq[Int], Array[Int])]) = {
+    val patternsOneLength = sequences
+      .map(_.distinct)
+      .flatMap(p => p)
+      .map((_, 1))
+      .reduceByKey(_ + _)
+
+    val removedElements: Array[Int] = patternsOneLength
+      .filter(_._2 < minSupport)
+      .map(_._1)
+      .collect()
+
+    val savedElements = patternsOneLength.filter(_._2 >= minSupport)
+
+    val savedElementsArray = savedElements
+      .map(_._1)
+      .collect()
+
+    val filteredSequences =
+      if (removedElements.isEmpty) {
+        sequences
+      } else {
+        sequences.map { p =>
+          p.filter { x => !removedElements.contains(x) }
+        }
+      }
+
+    val prefixAndCandidates = filteredSequences.flatMap { x =>
+      savedElementsArray.map { y =>
+        val sub = getSuffix(y, x)
+        (Seq(y), sub)
+      }
+    }
+
+    (savedElements, prefixAndCandidates)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Re-partition the RDD data, to get better balance and performance.
+   * @param data patterns and projected sequences data before re-partition
+   * @return patterns and projected sequences data after re-partition
+   */
+  private def repartitionSequences(
+      data: RDD[(Seq[Int], Array[Int])]): RDD[(Seq[Int], Array[Array[Int]])] = {
+    val dataRemovedEmptyLine = data.filter(x => x._2.nonEmpty)
+    val dataMerged = dataRemovedEmptyLine
+      .groupByKey()
+      .map(x => (x._1, x._2.toArray))
+    dataMerged
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * calculate the patterns in local.
+   * @param data patterns and projected sequences data data
+   * @return patterns
+   */
+  private def getPatternsInLocal(
+      data: RDD[(Seq[Int], Array[Array[Int]])]): RDD[(Seq[Int], Int)] = {
+    val result = data.flatMap { x =>
+      getPatternsWithPrefix(x._1, x._2)
+    }
+    result
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * calculate the patterns with one prefix in local.
+   * @param prefix prefix
+   * @param data patterns and projected sequences data
+   * @return patterns
+   */
+  private def getPatternsWithPrefix(
+      prefix: Seq[Int],
+      data: Array[Array[Int]]): Array[(Seq[Int], Int)] = {
+    val elements = data
+      .map(x => x.distinct)
+      .flatMap(x => x)
+      .groupBy(x => x)
+      .map(x => (x._1, x._2.length))
+
+    val selectedSingleElements = elements.filter(x => x._2 >= minSupport)
+
+    val selectedElements = selectedSingleElements
+      .map(x => (prefix ++ Seq(x._1), x._2))
+      .toArray
+
+    val cleanedSearchSpace = data
+      .map(x => x.filter(y => selectedSingleElements.contains(y)))
+
+    val newSearchSpace = selectedSingleElements.map { x =>
+      val sub = cleanedSearchSpace.map(y => getSuffix(x._1, y)).filter(_.nonEmpty)
+      (prefix ++ Seq(x._1), sub)
+    }.filter(x => x._2.nonEmpty)
+      .toArray
+
+    val continueProcess = newSearchSpace.nonEmpty && prefix.length + 1 < maxPatternLength
+
+    if (continueProcess) {
+      val nextPatterns = newSearchSpace
+        .map(x => getPatternsWithPrefix(x._1, x._2))
+        .reduce(_ ++ _)
+      selectedElements ++ nextPatterns
+    } else {
+      selectedElements
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * calculate suffix sequence following a prefix in a sequence
+   * @param prefix prefix
+   * @param sequence original sequence
+   * @return suffix sequence
+   */
+  private def getSuffix(prefix: Int, sequence: Array[Int]): Array[Int] = {
+    val index = sequence.indexOf(prefix)
+    if (index == -1) {
+      Array()
+    } else {
+      sequence.takeRight(sequence.length - index - 1)
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/fpm/PrefixspanSuite.scala b/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/fpm/PrefixspanSuite.scala
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.spark.mllib.fpm
+
+import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
+import org.apache.spark.mllib.util.MLlibTestSparkContext
+
+class PrefixspanSuite extends SparkFunSuite with MLlibTestSparkContext {
+
+  test("Prefixspan sequences mining using Integer type") {
+    val sequences = Array(
+      Array(3, 1, 3, 4, 5),
+      Array(2, 3, 1),
+      Array(3, 4, 4, 3),
+      Array(1, 3, 4, 5),
+      Array(2, 4, 1),
+      Array(6, 5, 3))
+
+    val rdd = sc.parallelize(sequences, 2).cache()
+
+    val prefixspan1 = new Prefixspan(rdd, 2, 50)
+    val result1 = prefixspan1.run()
+    assert(result1.count() == 19)
+
+    val prefixspan2 = new Prefixspan(rdd, 3, 50)
+    val result2 = prefixspan2.run()
+    assert(result2.count() == 5)
+
+    val prefixspan3 = new Prefixspan(rdd, 2, 2)
+    val result3 = prefixspan3.run()
+    assert(result3.count() == 14)
+  }
+}