What you need for this book

As a pre-requisite, this book assumes readers to have basic knowledge of distributed and parallel computing, an understanding of core analytic techniques, and basic exposure to programming.

In this book, readers will see a selective detailing on some implementation aspects of data science project using Greenplum analytics platform (that includes Greenplum Database, HD, in-database analytics utilities such as PL/XXX packages and MADlib), R, and Weka.