Practice PageRank Algorithm with Spark (Illustrative Example) - 2.4 | Week 8: Cloud Applications: MapReduce, Spark, and Apache Kafka | Distributed and Cloud Systems Micro Specialization
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2.4 - PageRank Algorithm with Spark (Illustrative Example)

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What does the PageRank algorithm calculate?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how webpages relate to each other.

Question 2

Easy

What is the damping factor typically set to in PageRank?

πŸ’‘ Hint: It's a value between 0 and 1.

Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation

Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What is the primary goal of the PageRank algorithm?

  • To list all web pages
  • To rank web pages by importance
  • To store web pages data

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about why search engines use PageRank.

Question 2

True or False: PageRank uses RDDs for processing data.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the framework we are using.

Solve 2 more questions and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Devise a complete implementation plan for the PageRank algorithm using an example dataset of your choosing. Explain how you would optimize this process in Spark.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the dataset you are using and how to organize the links among pages.

Question 2

Critically evaluate the impact of varying the damping factor on the results of the PageRank algorithm. Create a hypothesis on how changes might affect the ranking of specific types of pages.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how users behave while browsing and how their actions might reflect on web page rankings.

Challenge and get performance evaluation