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https://github.com/sanju-srivatsa/mastering-pyspark-big-data-analysis-with-flight-delays

This project provides a comprehensive guide to mastering PySpark through the analysis of flight delay data. It covers data cleaning, transformation, SQL queries, machine learning, and optimization techniques, demonstrating PySpark's scalability and versatility for big data analytics.
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This project provides a comprehensive guide to mastering PySpark through the analysis of flight delay data. It covers data cleaning, transformation, SQL queries, machine learning, and optimization techniques, demonstrating PySpark's scalability and versatility for big data analytics.

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# **Mastering PySpark: Big Data Analysis with Flight Delays**



### Kaggle Notebook:

https://www.kaggle.com/code/sanjusrivatsa9/pyspark-big-data-analysis-with-flight-delay-data



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### **Overview**



This project provides a step-by-step guide to mastering PySpark, focusing on analyzing flight delay data. PySpark, the Python API for Apache Spark, offers robust tools for handling big data, including data processing, transformation, and machine learning.



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### **Introduction to PySpark**



PySpark is an open-source framework for distributed computing, designed for processing large-scale data efficiently. It supports:



- **Distributed Computing:** Automatically distributes data and computation across clusters.

- **Fault Tolerance:** Maintains data integrity despite node failures.

- **Ease of Use:** Python APIs simplify working with Spark’s distributed architecture.

- **Big Data Processing:** Efficiently handles datasets too large for single machines.

- **Integration:** Seamlessly integrates with tools like Hadoop, SQL, and Python libraries.



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### **Core Components and Features**



1. **SparkSession**: Entry point to interact with Spark, managing configurations and clusters.

2. **RDDs (Resilient Distributed Datasets)**: Immutable, fault-tolerant collections for parallelized operations.

3. **DataFrames**: Structured data tables with schema support, optimized by Catalyst Optimizer.

4. **PySpark SQL**: Query structured data using SQL.

5. **MLlib**: Scalable library for machine learning tasks, such as classification, regression, and clustering.



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### **Project Objectives**



1. **Data Cleaning**: Handle missing data through strategies like dropping or imputing values.

2. **Data Transformation**: Engineer features and apply aggregations, filters, and transformations.

3. **Data Analysis**: Explore trends and relationships in flight delays.

4. **Machine Learning**: Build models (e.g., Linear Regression, Random Forest) for prediction and classification.

5. **Optimization**: Utilize PySpark’s caching, partitioning, and broadcasting for efficient workflows.

6. **Visualization**: Convert PySpark outputs to Pandas for visualization.



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### **Key Steps**



1. **Setup Environment**: Install PySpark and initialize a SparkSession.

2. **Load Data**: Import CSV datasets for flights, airlines, and airports.

3. **Explore Data**: Display rows, inspect schema, and count records.

4. **Data Cleaning**:

   - Handle missing values with imputation or removal.

   - Drop irrelevant columns.

5. **Data Transformation**:

   - Add derived columns (e.g., flight duration).

   - Filter and group data for insights.

6. **SQL Queries**: Use SQL to analyze structured data.

7. **Machine Learning**:

   - Prepare features using VectorAssembler.

   - Train and evaluate models for predicting delays.

8. **Optimization**:

   - Repartition for parallelism.

   - Cache frequently used data.

9. **Visualization**:

   - Use Matplotlib and Pandas to plot insights like average delays and prediction distributions.



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### **Key Takeaways**



- **Scalability**: PySpark efficiently processes large datasets across distributed clusters.

- **Flexibility**: Handles batch processing, streaming, and machine learning seamlessly.

- **Optimization**: Techniques like caching and partitioning ensure faster execution.

- **Real-World Applications**: PySpark is extensively used in predictive modeling, fraud detection, and network analysis.



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### **Future Enhancements**



- **Advanced PySpark**: Explore GraphFrames, Spark Streaming, and Delta Lake.

- **Cloud Integration**: Utilize PySpark with AWS, Azure, or GCP for enhanced scalability.

- **Expanded ML Workflows**: Incorporate feature engineering and hyperparameter tuning for complex models.



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### **Conclusion**



This project demonstrates PySpark’s power and versatility in big data analytics. By analyzing flight delays, it showcases how to efficiently clean, transform, analyze, and model data. Mastering PySpark equips professionals with the tools to tackle large-scale data challenges across industries, ensuring a competitive edge in the evolving landscape of data science and engineering.



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### **Repository Contents**



1. **`notebooks/`**: Jupyter notebooks with code walkthroughs.

2. **`datasets/`**: Flight delay datasets in CSV format.

3. **`outputs/`**: Processed datasets and model results.

4. **`README.md`**: Detailed project overview and instructions.



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### **Installation**



To replicate the project:



1. Install PySpark:  

   ```bash

   pip install pyspark

   ```



2. Clone the repository:  

   ```bash

   git clone 

   cd 

   ```



3. Launch Jupyter Notebook or IDE and open the project files.



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#### **License**



This project is licensed under the MIT License.