Can a model be created on Spark batch and use it in Spark streaming?

Question

Can I create a model in spark batch and use it on Spark streaming for real-time processing?

I have seen the various examples on Apache Spark site where both training and prediction are built on the same type of processing (linear regression).

Answer 1

Can I create a model in spark batch and use it on Spark streaming for real-time processing?

Ofcourse, yes. In spark community they call it offline training online predictions. Many training algorithms in spark allow you to save the model on file system HDFS/S3. Same model can be loaded by a streaming application. You simply call predict method of the model to do predictions.

See the section Streaming + MLLib in this link.

For example, if you want to train a DecisionTree offline and do predictions online...

In batch application -

    val model = DecisionTree.trainClassifier(trainingData, numClasses, categoricalFeaturesInfo,impurity, maxDepth, maxBins)
    model.save(sc, "target/tmp/myDecisionTreeClassificationModel")

In streaming application -

    val sameModel = DecisionTreeModel.load(sc, "target/tmp/myDecisionTreeClassificationModel")
    sameModel.predict(newData)

Answer 2

here is one more solution which I just implemented.

I created a model in spark-Batch. suppose the final model object name is regmodel.

final LinearRegressionModel regmodel =algorithm.run(JavaRDD.toRDD(parsedData));

and spark context name is sc as

JavaSparkContext sc = new JavaSparkContext(sparkConf);

Now in a same code I am creating a spark streaming using the same sc

final JavaStreamingContext jssc = new JavaStreamingContext(sc,new Duration(Integer.parseInt(conf.getWindow().trim())));

and doing prediction like this:

JavaPairDStream<Double, Double> predictvalue = dist1.mapToPair(new PairFunction<LabeledPoint, Double,Double>() {
                private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
                @Override
                public Tuple2<Double, Double> call(LabeledPoint v1) throws Exception {
                    Double p = v1.label();
                    Double q = regmodel.predict(v1.features());
                    return new Tuple2<Double, Double>(p,q);
                }
            });