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## `spark.mllib` supported models

`spark.mllib` supports model export to Predictive Model Markup Language ([PMML](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictive_Model_Markup_Language)).

The table below outlines the `spark.mllib` models that can be exported to PMML and their equivalent PMML model.

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    <tr><th>`spark.mllib` model</th><th>PMML model</th></tr>
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    <tr>
      <td>KMeansModel</td><td>ClusteringModel</td>
    </tr>    
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      <td>LinearRegressionModel</td><td>RegressionModel (functionName="regression")</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>RidgeRegressionModel</td><td>RegressionModel (functionName="regression")</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>LassoModel</td><td>RegressionModel (functionName="regression")</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>SVMModel</td><td>RegressionModel (functionName="classification" normalizationMethod="none")</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Binary LogisticRegressionModel</td><td>RegressionModel (functionName="classification" normalizationMethod="logit")</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## Examples
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To export a supported `model` (see table above) to PMML, simply call `model.toPMML`.

As well as exporting the PMML model to a String (`model.toPMML` as in the example above), you can export the PMML model to other formats.

Refer to the [`KMeans` Scala docs](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.mllib.clustering.KMeans) and [`Vectors` Scala docs](api/scala/index.html#org.apache.spark.mllib.linalg.Vectors$) for details on the API.

Here a complete example of building a KMeansModel and print it out in PMML format:
{% include_example scala/org/apache/spark/examples/mllib/PMMLModelExportExample.scala %}

For unsupported models, either you will not find a `.toPMML` method or an `IllegalArgumentException` will be thrown.

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