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In `spark.ml`, we also include Pipelines API for [Elastic +net](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elastic_net_regularization), a hybrid +of $L_1$ and $L_2$ regularization proposed in [Zou et al, Regularization +and variable selection via the elastic +net](http://users.stat.umn.edu/~zouxx019/Papers/elasticnet.pdf). +Mathematically, it is defined as a convex combination of the $L_1$ and +the $L_2$ regularization terms: +`\[ +\alpha \left( \lambda \|\wv\|_1 \right) + (1-\alpha) \left( \frac{\lambda}{2}\|\wv\|_2^2 \right) , \alpha \in [0, 1], \lambda \geq 0 +\]` +By setting $\alpha$ properly, elastic net contains both $L_1$ and $L_2$ +regularization as special cases. For example, if a [linear +regression](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_regression) model is +trained with the elastic net parameter $\alpha$ set to $1$, it is +equivalent to a +[Lasso](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_squares#Lasso_method) model. +On the other hand, if $\alpha$ is set to $0$, the trained model reduces +to a [ridge +regression](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikhonov_regularization) model. +We implement Pipelines API for both linear regression and logistic +regression with elastic net regularization. + + +# Classification + +## Logistic regression + +Logistic regression is a popular method to predict a binary response. It is a special case of [Generalized Linear models](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_linear_model) that predicts the probability of the outcome. +For more background and more details about the implementation, refer to the documentation of the [logistic regression in `spark.mllib`](mllib-linear-methods.html#logistic-regression). + + > The current implementation of logistic regression in `spark.ml` only supports binary classes. Support for multiclass regression will be added in the future. + +The following example shows how to train a logistic regression model +with elastic net regularization. `elasticNetParam` corresponds to +$\alpha$ and `regParam` corresponds to $\lambda$. + +<div class="codetabs"> + +<div data-lang="scala" markdown="1"> +{% include_example scala/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/LogisticRegressionWithElasticNetExample.scala %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="java" markdown="1"> +{% include_example java/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/JavaLogisticRegressionWithElasticNetExample.java %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="python" markdown="1"> +{% include_example python/ml/logistic_regression_with_elastic_net.py %} +</div> + +</div> + +The `spark.ml` implementation of logistic regression also supports +extracting a summary of the model over the training set. Note that the +predictions and metrics which are stored as `Dataframe` in +`BinaryLogisticRegressionSummary` are annotated `@transient` and hence +only available on the driver. + +<div class="codetabs"> + +<div data-lang="scala" markdown="1"> + +[`LogisticRegressionTrainingSummary`](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.ml.classification.LogisticRegressionTrainingSummary) +provides a summary for a +[`LogisticRegressionModel`](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.ml.classification.LogisticRegressionModel). +Currently, only binary classification is supported and the +summary must be explicitly cast to +[`BinaryLogisticRegressionTrainingSummary`](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.ml.classification.BinaryLogisticRegressionTrainingSummary). +This will likely change when multiclass classification is supported. + +Continuing the earlier example: + +{% include_example scala/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/LogisticRegressionSummaryExample.scala %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="java" markdown="1"> +[`LogisticRegressionTrainingSummary`](api/java/org/apache/spark/ml/classification/LogisticRegressionTrainingSummary.html) +provides a summary for a +[`LogisticRegressionModel`](api/java/org/apache/spark/ml/classification/LogisticRegressionModel.html). +Currently, only binary classification is supported and the +summary must be explicitly cast to +[`BinaryLogisticRegressionTrainingSummary`](api/java/org/apache/spark/ml/classification/BinaryLogisticRegressionTrainingSummary.html). +This will likely change when multiclass classification is supported. + +Continuing the earlier example: + +{% include_example java/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/JavaLogisticRegressionSummaryExample.java %} +</div> + +<!--- TODO: Add python model summaries once implemented --> +<div data-lang="python" markdown="1"> +Logistic regression model summary is not yet supported in Python. +</div> + +</div> + + +## Classification with decision trees + +Decision trees are a popular family of classification and regression methods. +More information about the `spark.ml` implementation can be found further in the [section on decision trees](#decision-trees). + +The following examples load a dataset in LibSVM format, split it into training and test sets, train on the first dataset, and then evaluate on the held-out test set. +We use two feature transformers to prepare the data; these help index categories for the label and categorical features, adding metadata to the `DataFrame` which the Decision Tree algorithm can recognize. + +<div class="codetabs"> +<div data-lang="scala" markdown="1"> + +More details on parameters can be found in the [Scala API documentation](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.ml.classification.DecisionTreeClassifier). + +{% include_example scala/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/DecisionTreeClassificationExample.scala %} + +</div> + +<div data-lang="java" markdown="1"> + +More details on parameters can be found in the [Java API documentation](api/java/org/apache/spark/ml/classification/DecisionTreeClassifier.html). + +{% include_example java/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/JavaDecisionTreeClassificationExample.java %} + +</div> + +<div data-lang="python" markdown="1"> + +More details on parameters can be found in the [Python API documentation](api/python/pyspark.ml.html#pyspark.ml.classification.DecisionTreeClassifier). + +{% include_example python/ml/decision_tree_classification_example.py %} + +</div> + +</div> + +## Classification with random forests + +Random forests are a popular family of classification and regression methods. +More information about the `spark.ml` implementation can be found further in the [section on random forests](#random-forests). + +The following examples load a dataset in LibSVM format, split it into training and test sets, train on the first dataset, and then evaluate on the held-out test set. +We use two feature transformers to prepare the data; these help index categories for the label and categorical features, adding metadata to the `DataFrame` which the tree-based algorithms can recognize. + +<div class="codetabs"> +<div data-lang="scala" markdown="1"> + +Refer to the [Scala API docs](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.ml.classification.RandomForestClassifier) for more details. + +{% include_example scala/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/RandomForestClassifierExample.scala %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="java" markdown="1"> + +Refer to the [Java API docs](api/java/org/apache/spark/ml/classification/RandomForestClassifier.html) for more details. + +{% include_example java/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/JavaRandomForestClassifierExample.java %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="python" markdown="1"> + +Refer to the [Python API docs](api/python/pyspark.ml.html#pyspark.ml.classification.RandomForestClassifier) for more details. + +{% include_example python/ml/random_forest_classifier_example.py %} +</div> +</div> + +## Classification with gradient-boosted trees + +Gradient-boosted trees (GBTs) are a popular classification and regression method using ensembles of decision trees. +More information about the `spark.ml` implementation can be found further in the [section on GBTs](#gradient-boosted-trees-gbts). + +The following examples load a dataset in LibSVM format, split it into training and test sets, train on the first dataset, and then evaluate on the held-out test set. +We use two feature transformers to prepare the data; these help index categories for the label and categorical features, adding metadata to the `DataFrame` which the tree-based algorithms can recognize. + +<div class="codetabs"> +<div data-lang="scala" markdown="1"> + +Refer to the [Scala API docs](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.ml.classification.GBTClassifier) for more details. + +{% include_example scala/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/GradientBoostedTreeClassifierExample.scala %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="java" markdown="1"> + +Refer to the [Java API docs](api/java/org/apache/spark/ml/classification/GBTClassifier.html) for more details. + +{% include_example java/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/JavaGradientBoostedTreeClassifierExample.java %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="python" markdown="1"> + +Refer to the [Python API docs](api/python/pyspark.ml.html#pyspark.ml.classification.GBTClassifier) for more details. + +{% include_example python/ml/gradient_boosted_tree_classifier_example.py %} +</div> +</div> + +## Multilayer perceptron classifier + +Multilayer perceptron classifier (MLPC) is a classifier based on the [feedforward artificial neural network](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feedforward_neural_network). +MLPC consists of multiple layers of nodes. +Each layer is fully connected to the next layer in the network. Nodes in the input layer represent the input data. All other nodes maps inputs to the outputs +by performing linear combination of the inputs with the node's weights `$\wv$` and bias `$\bv$` and applying an activation function. +It can be written in matrix form for MLPC with `$K+1$` layers as follows: +`\[ +\mathrm{y}(\x) = \mathrm{f_K}(...\mathrm{f_2}(\wv_2^T\mathrm{f_1}(\wv_1^T \x+b_1)+b_2)...+b_K) +\]` +Nodes in intermediate layers use sigmoid (logistic) function: +`\[ +\mathrm{f}(z_i) = \frac{1}{1 + e^{-z_i}} +\]` +Nodes in the output layer use softmax function: +`\[ +\mathrm{f}(z_i) = \frac{e^{z_i}}{\sum_{k=1}^N e^{z_k}} +\]` +The number of nodes `$N$` in the output layer corresponds to the number of classes. + +MLPC employes backpropagation for learning the model. We use logistic loss function for optimization and L-BFGS as optimization routine. + +**Examples** + +<div class="codetabs"> + +<div data-lang="scala" markdown="1"> +{% include_example scala/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/MultilayerPerceptronClassifierExample.scala %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="java" markdown="1"> +{% include_example java/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/JavaMultilayerPerceptronClassifierExample.java %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="python" markdown="1"> +{% include_example python/ml/multilayer_perceptron_classification.py %} +</div> + +</div> + + +## One-vs-Rest classifier (a.k.a. One-vs-All) + +[OneVsRest](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiclass_classification#One-vs.-rest) is an example of a machine learning reduction for performing multiclass classification given a base classifier that can perform binary classification efficiently. It is also known as "One-vs-All." + +`OneVsRest` is implemented as an `Estimator`. For the base classifier it takes instances of `Classifier` and creates a binary classification problem for each of the k classes. The classifier for class i is trained to predict whether the label is i or not, distinguishing class i from all other classes. + +Predictions are done by evaluating each binary classifier and the index of the most confident classifier is output as label. + +### Example + +The example below demonstrates how to load the +[Iris dataset](http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/libsvmtools/datasets/multiclass/iris.scale), parse it as a DataFrame and perform multiclass classification using `OneVsRest`. The test error is calculated to measure the algorithm accuracy. + +<div class="codetabs"> +<div data-lang="scala" markdown="1"> + +Refer to the [Scala API docs](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.ml.classifier.OneVsRest) for more details. + +{% include_example scala/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/OneVsRestExample.scala %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="java" markdown="1"> + +Refer to the [Java API docs](api/java/org/apache/spark/ml/classification/OneVsRest.html) for more details. + +{% include_example java/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/JavaOneVsRestExample.java %} +</div> +</div> + + +# Regression + +## Linear regression + +The interface for working with linear regression models and model +summaries is similar to the logistic regression case. The following +example demonstrates training an elastic net regularized linear +regression model and extracting model summary statistics. + +<div class="codetabs"> + +<div data-lang="scala" markdown="1"> +{% include_example scala/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/LinearRegressionWithElasticNetExample.scala %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="java" markdown="1"> +{% include_example java/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/JavaLinearRegressionWithElasticNetExample.java %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="python" markdown="1"> +<!--- TODO: Add python model summaries once implemented --> +{% include_example python/ml/linear_regression_with_elastic_net.py %} +</div> + +</div> + + +## Regression with decision trees + +Decision trees are a popular family of classification and regression methods. +More information about the `spark.ml` implementation can be found further in the [section on decision trees](#decision-trees). + +The following examples load a dataset in LibSVM format, split it into training and test sets, train on the first dataset, and then evaluate on the held-out test set. +We use a feature transformer to index categorical features, adding metadata to the `DataFrame` which the Decision Tree algorithm can recognize. + +<div class="codetabs"> +<div data-lang="scala" markdown="1"> + +More details on parameters can be found in the [Scala API documentation](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.ml.regression.DecisionTreeRegressor). + +{% include_example scala/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/DecisionTreeRegressionExample.scala %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="java" markdown="1"> + +More details on parameters can be found in the [Java API documentation](api/java/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/DecisionTreeRegressor.html). + +{% include_example java/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/JavaDecisionTreeRegressionExample.java %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="python" markdown="1"> + +More details on parameters can be found in the [Python API documentation](api/python/pyspark.ml.html#pyspark.ml.regression.DecisionTreeRegressor). + +{% include_example python/ml/decision_tree_regression_example.py %} +</div> + +</div> + + +## Regression with random forests + +Random forests are a popular family of classification and regression methods. +More information about the `spark.ml` implementation can be found further in the [section on random forests](#random-forests). + +The following examples load a dataset in LibSVM format, split it into training and test sets, train on the first dataset, and then evaluate on the held-out test set. +We use a feature transformer to index categorical features, adding metadata to the `DataFrame` which the tree-based algorithms can recognize. + +<div class="codetabs"> +<div data-lang="scala" markdown="1"> + +Refer to the [Scala API docs](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.ml.regression.RandomForestRegressor) for more details. + +{% include_example scala/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/RandomForestRegressorExample.scala %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="java" markdown="1"> + +Refer to the [Java API docs](api/java/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/RandomForestRegressor.html) for more details. + +{% include_example java/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/JavaRandomForestRegressorExample.java %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="python" markdown="1"> + +Refer to the [Python API docs](api/python/pyspark.ml.html#pyspark.ml.regression.RandomForestRegressor) for more details. + +{% include_example python/ml/random_forest_regressor_example.py %} +</div> +</div> + +## Regression with gradient-boosted trees + +Gradient-boosted trees (GBTs) are a popular regression method using ensembles of decision trees. +More information about the `spark.ml` implementation can be found further in the [section on GBTs](#gradient-boosted-trees-gbts). + +Note: For this example dataset, `GBTRegressor` actually only needs 1 iteration, but that will not +be true in general. + +<div class="codetabs"> +<div data-lang="scala" markdown="1"> + +Refer to the [Scala API docs](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.ml.regression.GBTRegressor) for more details. + +{% include_example scala/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/GradientBoostedTreeRegressorExample.scala %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="java" markdown="1"> + +Refer to the [Java API docs](api/java/org/apache/spark/ml/regression/GBTRegressor.html) for more details. + +{% include_example java/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/JavaGradientBoostedTreeRegressorExample.java %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="python" markdown="1"> + +Refer to the [Python API docs](api/python/pyspark.ml.html#pyspark.ml.regression.GBTRegressor) for more details. + +{% include_example python/ml/gradient_boosted_tree_regressor_example.py %} +</div> +</div> + + +## Survival regression + + +In `spark.ml`, we implement the [Accelerated failure time (AFT)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_failure_time_model) +model which is a parametric survival regression model for censored data. +It describes a model for the log of survival time, so it's often called +log-linear model for survival analysis. Different from +[Proportional hazards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_hazards_model) model +designed for the same purpose, the AFT model is more easily to parallelize +because each instance contribute to the objective function independently. + +Given the values of the covariates $x^{'}$, for random lifetime $t_{i}$ of +subjects i = 1, ..., n, with possible right-censoring, +the likelihood function under the AFT model is given as: +`\[ +L(\beta,\sigma)=\prod_{i=1}^n[\frac{1}{\sigma}f_{0}(\frac{\log{t_{i}}-x^{'}\beta}{\sigma})]^{\delta_{i}}S_{0}(\frac{\log{t_{i}}-x^{'}\beta}{\sigma})^{1-\delta_{i}} +\]` +Where $\delta_{i}$ is the indicator of the event has occurred i.e. uncensored or not. +Using $\epsilon_{i}=\frac{\log{t_{i}}-x^{'}\beta}{\sigma}$, the log-likelihood function +assumes the form: +`\[ +\iota(\beta,\sigma)=\sum_{i=1}^{n}[-\delta_{i}\log\sigma+\delta_{i}\log{f_{0}}(\epsilon_{i})+(1-\delta_{i})\log{S_{0}(\epsilon_{i})}] +\]` +Where $S_{0}(\epsilon_{i})$ is the baseline survivor function, +and $f_{0}(\epsilon_{i})$ is corresponding density function. + +The most commonly used AFT model is based on the Weibull distribution of the survival time. +The Weibull distribution for lifetime corresponding to extreme value distribution for +log of the lifetime, and the $S_{0}(\epsilon)$ function is: +`\[ +S_{0}(\epsilon_{i})=\exp(-e^{\epsilon_{i}}) +\]` +the $f_{0}(\epsilon_{i})$ function is: +`\[ +f_{0}(\epsilon_{i})=e^{\epsilon_{i}}\exp(-e^{\epsilon_{i}}) +\]` +The log-likelihood function for AFT model with Weibull distribution of lifetime is: +`\[ +\iota(\beta,\sigma)= -\sum_{i=1}^n[\delta_{i}\log\sigma-\delta_{i}\epsilon_{i}+e^{\epsilon_{i}}] +\]` +Due to minimizing the negative log-likelihood equivalent to maximum a posteriori probability, +the loss function we use to optimize is $-\iota(\beta,\sigma)$. +The gradient functions for $\beta$ and $\log\sigma$ respectively are: +`\[ +\frac{\partial (-\iota)}{\partial \beta}=\sum_{1=1}^{n}[\delta_{i}-e^{\epsilon_{i}}]\frac{x_{i}}{\sigma} +\]` +`\[ +\frac{\partial (-\iota)}{\partial (\log\sigma)}=\sum_{i=1}^{n}[\delta_{i}+(\delta_{i}-e^{\epsilon_{i}})\epsilon_{i}] +\]` + +The AFT model can be formulated as a convex optimization problem, +i.e. the task of finding a minimizer of a convex function $-\iota(\beta,\sigma)$ +that depends coefficients vector $\beta$ and the log of scale parameter $\log\sigma$. +The optimization algorithm underlying the implementation is L-BFGS. +The implementation matches the result from R's survival function +[survreg](https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/survival/html/survreg.html) + +### Survival regression example + +<div class="codetabs"> + +<div data-lang="scala" markdown="1"> +{% include_example scala/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/AFTSurvivalRegressionExample.scala %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="java" markdown="1"> +{% include_example java/org/apache/spark/examples/ml/JavaAFTSurvivalRegressionExample.java %} +</div> + +<div data-lang="python" markdown="1"> +{% include_example python/ml/aft_survival_regression.py %} +</div> + +</div> + + + +# Decision trees + +[Decision trees](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_tree_learning) +and their ensembles are popular methods for the machine learning tasks of +classification and regression. Decision trees are widely used since they are easy to interpret, +handle categorical features, extend to the multiclass classification setting, do not require +feature scaling, and are able to capture non-linearities and feature interactions. Tree ensemble +algorithms such as random forests and boosting are among the top performers for classification and +regression tasks. + +MLlib supports decision trees for binary and multiclass classification and for regression, +using both continuous and categorical features. The implementation partitions data by rows, +allowing distributed training with millions or even billions of instances. + +Users can find more information about the decision tree algorithm in the [MLlib Decision Tree guide](mllib-decision-tree.html). In this section, we demonstrate the Pipelines API for Decision Trees. + +The Pipelines API for Decision Trees offers a bit more functionality than the original API. In particular, for classification, users can get the predicted probability of each class (a.k.a. class conditional probabilities). + +Ensembles of trees (Random Forests and Gradient-Boosted Trees) are described in the [Ensembles guide](ml-ensembles.html). + +## Inputs and Outputs + +We list the input and output (prediction) column types here. +All output columns are optional; to exclude an output column, set its corresponding Param to an empty string. + +### Input Columns + +<table class="table"> + <thead> + <tr> + <th align="left">Param name</th> + <th align="left">Type(s)</th> + <th align="left">Default</th> + <th align="left">Description</th> + </tr> + </thead> + <tbody> + <tr> + <td>labelCol</td> + <td>Double</td> + <td>"label"</td> + <td>Label to predict</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>featuresCol</td> + <td>Vector</td> + <td>"features"</td> + <td>Feature vector</td> + </tr> + </tbody> +</table> + +### Output Columns + +<table class="table"> + <thead> + <tr> + <th align="left">Param name</th> + <th align="left">Type(s)</th> + <th align="left">Default</th> + <th align="left">Description</th> + <th align="left">Notes</th> + </tr> + </thead> + <tbody> + <tr> + <td>predictionCol</td> + <td>Double</td> + <td>"prediction"</td> + <td>Predicted label</td> + <td></td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>rawPredictionCol</td> + <td>Vector</td> + <td>"rawPrediction"</td> + <td>Vector of length # classes, with the counts of training instance labels at the tree node which makes the prediction</td> + <td>Classification only</td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>probabilityCol</td> + <td>Vector</td> + <td>"probability"</td> + <td>Vector of length # classes equal to rawPrediction normalized to a multinomial distribution</td> + <td>Classification only</td> + </tr> + </tbody> +</table> + +## Examples + +The below examples demonstrate the Pipelines API for Decision Trees. The main differences between this API and the [original MLlib Decision Tree API](mllib-decision-tree.html) are: --- End diff -- Yes, I missed this paragraph during the copy/paste. I removed this section and moved the explanations about the differences to the main section (`# Ensembles`, ...)
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