Github user jkbradley commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/15018#discussion_r95094550
  
    --- Diff: 
mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/regression/IsotonicRegression.scala 
---
    @@ -328,74 +336,80 @@ class IsotonicRegression private (private var 
isotonic: Boolean) extends Seriali
           return Array.empty
         }
     
    -    // Pools sub array within given bounds assigning weighted average 
value to all elements.
    -    def pool(input: Array[(Double, Double, Double)], start: Int, end: 
Int): Unit = {
    -      val poolSubArray = input.slice(start, end + 1)
     
    -      val weightedSum = poolSubArray.map(lp => lp._1 * lp._3).sum
    -      val weight = poolSubArray.map(_._3).sum
    +    // Keeps track of the start and end indices of the blocks. if [i, j] 
is a valid block from
    +    // input(i) to input(j) (inclusive), then blockBounds(i) = j and 
blockBounds(j) = i
    +    val blockBounds = Array.range(0, input.length) // Initially, each data 
point is its own block
     
    -      var i = start
    -      while (i <= end) {
    -        input(i) = (weightedSum / weight, input(i)._2, input(i)._3)
    -        i = i + 1
    -      }
    +    // Keep track of the sum of weights and sum of weight * y for each 
block. weights(start)
    +    // gives the values for the block. Entries that are not at the start 
of a block
    +    // are meaningless.
    +    val weights: Array[(Double, Double)] = input.map { case (y, _, weight) 
=>
    +      require(weight != 0.0)
    +      (weight, weight * y)
         }
     
    -    var i = 0
    -    val len = input.length
    -    while (i < len) {
    -      var j = i
    +    // a few convenience functions to make the code more readable
    +
    +    // blockStart and blockEnd have identical implementations. We create 
two different
    +    // functions to make the code more expressive
    +    def blockEnd(start: Int): Int = blockBounds(start)
    +    def blockStart(end: Int): Int = blockBounds(end)
    +
    +    // the next block starts at the index after the end of this block
    +    def nextBlock(start: Int): Int = blockEnd(start) + 1
    +
    +    // the previous block ends at the index before the start of this block
    +    // we then use blockStart to find the start
    +    def prevBlock(start: Int): Int = blockStart(start - 1)
    +
    +    // Merge two adjacent blocks, updating blockBounds and weights to 
reflect the merge
    +    // Return the start index of the merged block
    +    def merge(block1: Int, block2: Int): Int = {
    +      assert(blockEnd(block1) + 1 == block2, "attempting to merge 
non-consecutive blocks")
    --- End diff --
    
    Please make the error message more informative:
    * Make it clear that this indicates an internal bug within 
IsotonicRegression
    * State the invalid values


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