Chapter 1. First Steps to Scalability

Welcome to this book on scalable machine learning with Python.

In this chapter, we will discuss how to learn effectively from big data with Python and how it can be possible using your single machine or a cluster of other machines, which you can get, for instance, from Amazon Web Services (AWS) or the Google Cloud Platform.

In the book, we will be using Python's implementation of machine learning algorithms that are scalable. This means that they can work with a large amount of data and do not crash because of memory constraints. They also take a reasonable amount of time, which is something manageable for a data science prototype and also deployment in production. Chapters are organized around solutions (such ...

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