Reality mining : using big data to engineer a better world

• Main Authors: Eagle, Nathan (Author), Greene, Kate, 1979- (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
• Subjects: Data mining.; Big data.; Computer networks > Social aspects.; Information science > Social aspects.; Information science > Statistical methods.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780262324564; 9780262027687; 9781322045115; 9780262324571
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (vi, 199 pages)

In this book, the authors explore the positive potential of big data, showing the ways in which the analysis of big data ("reality mining") can be used to improve human systems as varied as political polling and disease tracking, while considering user privacy. They describe reality mining...