Re: Choosing random element

2015-06-16 Thread Sachin Goel
Hi If you're looking for an implementation, I wrote this in context of a Random k-means initialization. Take a look at the {{weightedFit}} function. https://github.com/sachingoel0101/flink/blob/clustering_initializations/flink-staging/flink-ml/src/main/scala/org/apache/flink/ml/clustering/KMeansRan

Re: Choosing random element

2015-06-16 Thread Maximilian Alber
Thanks! Cheers, Max On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 11:01 AM, Till Rohrmann wrote: > This might help you [1]. > > Cheers, > Till > > [1] > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2514061/how-to-pick-random-small-data-samples-using-map-reduce > > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 10:16 AM Maximilian Alber < > alber.m

Re: Choosing random element

2015-06-16 Thread Till Rohrmann
This might help you [1]. Cheers, Till [1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2514061/how-to-pick-random-small-data-samples-using-map-reduce On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 10:16 AM Maximilian Alber < alber.maximil...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Flinksters, > > again a similar problem. I would like to choose

Choosing random element

2015-06-16 Thread Maximilian Alber
Hi Flinksters, again a similar problem. I would like to choose ONE random element out of a data set, without shuffling the whole set. Again I would like to have the element (mathematically) randomly chosen. Thanks! Cheers, Max