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21. Graph Analytics Using Apache Spark’s GraphFrame API

Ron C. L’Esteve1  
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Chicago, IL, USA
 

Graph technology enables users to store, manage, and query data in the form of a graph in which entities are called vertices or nodes and the relationships between the entities are called edges. Graph analytics enables the capabilities for analyzing deeply grained relationships through queries and algorithms.

Apache Spark’s GraphFrame API is an Apache Spark package that provides data frame–based graphs through high-level APIs in Java, Python, and Scala and includes ...

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