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

"Since long before computers were even thought of, data has been collected and organized by diverse cultures across the world. Once access to the Internet became a reality for large swathes of the world's population, the amount of data generated each day became huge, and continues to grow exponentia...

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Main Author: Holmes, Dawn E. (Statistician) (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Very short introductions ; 539.
Subjects:
Physical Description:xvi, 125 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Format: Book

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