Big Data A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think

Name: Big Data A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think
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ISBN: 9780544227750

ISBN-10: 0544227751

ISBN-13: 9780544227750

Edition: 2013

Authors: Viktor Mayer-Schï¿½nberger, Kenneth Cukier, Viktor Mayer-Schï¿½nberger

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You’ve certainly heard the term "big data," but what is it and why does it matter? Big data results from a confluence of new measurement technologies—like GPS—with powerful new algorithms that can tease out the hidden connections between seemingly unrelated things. By collecting all of this information and analyzing it, we are able to draw useful and surprising conclusions. Google, for example, was able to predict the spread of H1N1 by looking at where people were searching flu related terms like "cough" and "fever." And this is just the tip of the iceberg. In Big Data, Schönberger and Cukier show why the accumulation and analysis of vast amounts of data is the next big thing, a…

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List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 3/4/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.77" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English