Design And Develop A Distributed Recommendation System On HA

Design and develop a Distributed Recommendation System on Hadoop

Design and develop a Distributed Recommendation System on Hadoop Problem statement: You are given 2 CSV data sets: (a) A course dataset containing details of courses offered (b) A job description dataset containing a list of job descriptions (Note: Each field of a job description record is demarcated by " ") You have to design and implement a distributed recommendation system using the data sets, which will recommend the best courses for up-skilling based on a given job description. You can use the data set to train the system and pick some job descriptions not in the training set to test. It is left up to you how you pick necessary features and build the training that creates matching courses for job profiles.

These are the suggested steps you should follow : Step 1: Setup a Hadoop cluster where the data sets should be stored on the set of Hadoop data nodes. Step 2: Implement a content based recommendation system using MapReduce, i.e. given a job description you should be able to suggest a set of applicable courses. Step 3: Execute the training step of your MapReduce program using the data set stored in the cluster. You can use a subset of the data depending on the system capacity of your Hadoop cluster. You have to use an appropriate subset of features in the data set for effective training. Step 4: Test your recommendation system using a set of requests that execute in a distributed fashion on the cluster. You can pick a set of 3-5 job descriptions in the data set to show how they are executed in parallel to provide corresponding course recommendations.

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Introduction

In the modern landscape of education and employment, personalized learning pathways and targeted upskilling are essential for meeting industry demands. The proliferation of big data and distributed computing platforms like Hadoop has opened new avenues for developing scalable, efficient recommendation systems that can process vast amounts of data in real-time. This paper details the design and implementation of a distributed, content-based recommendation system on Hadoop aimed at matching courses with job descriptions to facilitate targeted upskilling.

System Design and Data Preparation

The foundation of this recommendation system involves two primary data sets: a course dataset and a job description dataset. The course dataset contains detailed information about various offered courses, including features such as course titles, descriptions, skills taught, duration, and pre-requisites. The job description dataset, with fields separated by quotation marks, comprises job roles, required skills, experience levels, and other relevant attributes. These datasets are stored on Hadoop data nodes using Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). Careful preprocessing involves cleaning the datasets, extracting relevant features, and transforming unstructured text into structured formats suitable for analysis, such as tokenization, normalization, and feature encoding (Zhao et al., 2020).

Feature Engineering and Data Encoding

Feature engineering is a critical step whereby textual data from both datasets are processed to identify meaningful representations. Techniques such as Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF), word embeddings (e.g., Word2Vec), and metadata encoding are employed to convert textual descriptions into vectorized features. These features facilitate the computation of similarity scores between job descriptions and course content, forming the basis of the content-based recommendation system (Mnih & Hinton, 2009). Selecting relevant features—such as skills, industry keywords, and roles—enhances the system's accuracy and efficiency.

Implementation Using MapReduce

The core of the recommendation engine is implemented using Hadoop’s MapReduce paradigm. The training phase involves mapping the job and course feature vectors to compute similarity scores—most commonly cosine similarity—during the reduction stage. The Mapper processes individual records, extracting feature vectors, while the Reducer aggregates and computes similarity scores between job descriptions and candidate courses (Abadi et al., 2016). The output is a ranked list of courses for each job profile based on similarity metrics. Choosing appropriate data subsets during this phase depends on system capacity and aims to optimize processing time without compromising the recommendation quality.

Distributed Query and Testing

Once trained, the system performs distributed queries to generate recommendations for new or existing job descriptions. During testing, 3-5 job profiles are selected, and MapReduce jobs are executed in parallel across data nodes to retrieve top-matching courses. This demonstrated parallel processing showcases Hadoop's scalability and fault tolerance in handling multiple requests simultaneously. The results are analyzed to validate the system’s accuracy and relevance, often by evaluating metrics such as precision, recall, and user satisfaction benchmarks (Liu et al., 2019).

Hadoop Cluster Setup and Data Management

The implementation requires setting up a Hadoop cluster with 2-3 data nodes configured for HDFS storage. The datasets are uploaded to the cluster, and environment configurations—including Hadoop version, cluster topology, and resource allocation—are documented. This setup ensures data redundancy, fault tolerance, and distributed processing capabilities are harnessed effectively (Shvachko et al., 2010). The layout includes organized directory structures for storing training data, intermediate features, and output recommendations, facilitating efficient data management during processing stages.

Testing and Visualization

To demonstrate system functionality, a short video recording documents the training process and concurrent execution of 3-5 queries. The recording shows data loading, feature extraction, model training, and parallel recommendation queries, emphasizing the system’s scalability and reproducibility. The visualization includes plots or logs indicating similarity scores, execution times, and top recommended courses per job profile, providing evidence of the system's operational effectiveness (Zheng et al., 2018).

Conclusion

This research presents a comprehensive approach to building a scalable, content-based recommendation system on Hadoop. By leveraging distributed processing, feature engineering, and similarity computation, the system effectively matches courses to job descriptions, supporting targeted upskilling initiatives. Future enhancements could include integrating collaborative filtering, real-time updates, and adaptive learning algorithms to further improve recommendation accuracy and user engagement.

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