Title: | Reality mining : using big data to engineer a better world / |
Authors: | Nathan Eagle, Author ; Kate Greene, Author |
Material Type: | eBook |
Publisher: | Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2014 |
ISBN / ISSN / EAN : | 978-0-262-02768-7 |
Format: | 1 online resource (vi, 199 pages) |
Bibliography note: | Winner of PROSE Awards: Computing & Information Sciences 2014. / Includes index |
Languages: | English |
Class number: | QA76.9.D343 |
Subjects: | Big data ; Computer science--Social aspects ; Data mining |
Description: | In Reality Mining, Nathan Eagle and Kate Greene cut through the hype and the headlines to 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. Eagle, a recognized expert in the field, and Greene, an experienced technology journalist, describe Reality Mining at five different levels: the individual, the neighborhood and organization, the city, the nation, and the world. For each level, they first offer a nontechnical explanation of data collection methods and then describe applications and systems that have been or could be built. These include a mobile app that helps smokers quit smoking; a workplace "knowledge system"; the use of GPS, Wi-Fi, and mobile phone data to manage and predict traffic flows; and the analysis of social media to track the spread of disease. Eagle and Greene argue that Big Data, used respectfully and responsibly, can help people live better, healthier, and happier lives |
Format : | Online |
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