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Big Data for the Greater Good

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Editors:
  1. Ali Emrouznejad

    1. Operations and Information Management, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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  2. Vincent Charles

    1. Buckingham Business School, University of Buckingham, Buckingham, United Kingdom

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  • Highlights recent developments and challenges in Big Data
  • Introduces novel optimization algorithms and codes that can be used in the Big Data setting and are useful for the public
  • Written by respected experts in the field

Part of the book series: Studies in Big Data (SBD, volume 42)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Big Data for the Greater Good: An Introduction

    • Vincent Charles, Ali Emrouznejad
    Pages 1-18

  3. Big Data Analytics and Ethnography: Together for the Greater Good

    • Vincent Charles, Tatiana Gherman
    Pages 19-33

  4. Big Data: A Global Overview

    • Celia Satiko Ishikiriyama, Carlos Francisco Simoes Gomes
    Pages 35-50

  5. Big Data for Predictive Analytics in High Acuity Health Settings

    • John Zaleski
    Pages 51-100

  6. A Novel Big Data-Enabled Approach, Individualizing and Optimizing Brain Disorder Rehabilitation

    • Marketa Janatova, Miroslav Uller, Olga Stepankova, Peter Brezany, Marek Lenart
    Pages 101-127

  7. Big Data in Agricultural and Food Research: Challenges and Opportunities of an Integrated Big Data E-infrastructure

    • Pythagoras Karampiperis, Rob Lokers, Pascal Neveu, Odile Hologne, George Kakaletris, Leonardo Candela et al.
    Pages 129-150

  8. Green Neighbourhoods: The Role of Big Data in Low Voltage Networks’ Planning

    • Danica Vukadinović Greetham, Laura Hattam
    Pages 151-169

  9. Big Data Improves Visitor Experience at Local, State, and National Parks—Natural Language Processing Applied to Customer Feedback

    • Hari Prasad Udyapuram, Srinagesh Gavirneni
    Pages 171-181

  10. Big Data and Sensitive Data

    • Kurt Nielsen
    Pages 183-204
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This book highlights some of the most fascinating current uses, thought-provoking changes, and biggest challenges that Big Data means for our society. The explosive growth of data and advances in Big Data analytics have created a new frontier for innovation, competition, productivity, and well-being in almost every sector of our society, as well as a source of immense economic and societal value. From the derivation of customer feedback-based insights to fraud detection and preserving privacy; better medical treatments; agriculture and food management; and establishing low-voltage networks – many innovations for the greater good can stem from Big Data. Given the insights it provides, this book will be of interest to both researchers in the field of Big Data, and practitioners from various fields who intend to apply Big Data technologies to improve their strategic and operational decision-making processes.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Operations and Information Management, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Ali Emrouznejad

  • Buckingham Business School, University of Buckingham, Buckingham, United Kingdom

    Vincent Charles

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