Big data : a very short introduction / Dawn E. Holmes

By:

Holmes, Dawn E. (Statistician) [author]

Contributor(s):

Ohio Library and Information Network

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 539Publisher: [Oxford] : Oxford University Press, 2017Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780191824616
0191824615

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books

Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleLOC classification:

QA76.9.B45 H66 2017

Online resources:

Contents:

The data explosion -- Why is big data special? -- Storing big data -- Big data analytics -- Big data and medicine -- Big data, big business -- Big data security and the Snowden case -- Big data and society -- Byte size chart -- ASCII table for lower case letters

Summary: 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

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books - Printed	PERPUSTAKAAN GUNASAMA HAB PENDIDIKAN TINGGI PAGOH Main Library General	QA76.9.B45 H66 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0000001591

Includes bibliographical references and index

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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

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