Big Data: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Holmes, Dawn E. Dawn E. Holmes,

ISBN 10: 0198779577 / ISBN 13: 9780198779575

Published by OUP Oxford, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Big Data: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198779577
• ISBN 13: 9780198779575
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

An unimaginably vast amount of data is now generated by our on-line lives and businesses, At the same time, our ability to store, manage, analyse, and exploit this data is becoming ever more sophisticated. This Very Short Introduction maps out the technology, and also the range of possibilities, challenges, and ethical questions it raises.

About the Author

Dawn Holmes is a faculty member in the Department of Statistics and Applied Probability at the University of California, Santa Barbara, specializing in Bayesian networks, machine learning, and data mining. She is the co-editor of a three-volume work, Data Mining: Foundations and Intelligent Paradigms (Springer, 2014), and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information Systems.