README.md

PySpark implementation of SVD++ for Top-N Recommendation

Prerequisites

You need to install Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark on every nodes of the cluster.

Install Hadoop

tar zxvf hadoop-3.y.z.tgz
ln -s /your/hadoop/path/hadoop-3.x.z /your/hadoop/path/hadoop

Install Spark

tar zxvf spark-2.y.z-bin-hadoop2.7.tgz
ln -s /your/spark/path/spark-2.y.z /your/spark/path/spark

Getting Started

Create the Python environment

make python

Run tests

make test

Run example

make example

References

• Factorization Meets the Neighborhood: A Multifaceted Collaborative Filtering Model. Yehuda Koren, KDD’08
• Spark: Cluster Computing with Working Sets
• Scaling Collaborative Filtering with PySpark
• Running Spark on YARN
• NicolasHug/Surprise