Reality Mining : Using Big Data to Engineer a Better World.
Eagle, Nathan.
Reality Mining : Using Big Data to Engineer a Better World. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (206 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- I The Individual (One Person) -- 1 Mobile Phones, Sensors, and Lifelogging: Collecting Data from Individuals While Considering Privacy -- 2 Using Personal Data in a Privacy-Sensitive Way to Make a Person's Life Easier and Healthier -- II The Neighborhood and the Organization (10 to 1,000 People) -- 3 Gathering Data from Small HeterogeneousGroups -- 4 Engineering and Policy: Building More EfficientBusinesses, Enabling Hyperlocal Politics, LifeQueries, and Opportunity Searches -- III The City (1,000 to 1,000,000 People) -- 5 Traffic Data, Crime Stats, and Closed-Circuit Cameras: Accumulating Urban Analytics -- 6 Engineering and Policy: Optimizing Resource Allocation -- IV The Nation (1 Million to 100 Million People) -- 7 Taking the Pulse of a Nation: Census, Mobile Phones, and Internet Giants -- 8 Engineering and Policy: Addressing National Sentiment, Economic Deficits, and Disasters -- V Reality Mining the World's Data (100 Million to 7 Billion People) -- 9 Gathering the World's Data: Global Census, International Travel and Commerce, and Planetary-Scale Communication -- 10 Engineering a Safer and Healthier World -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
A look at how Big Data can be put to positive use, from helping users break bad habits to tracking the global spread of disease.
9780262324564
Data mining.
Big data.
Computer networks -- Social aspects.
Information science -- Social aspects.
Information science -- Statistical methods.
Electronic books.
QA76.9.D343.E24 201
006.3/12
Reality Mining : Using Big Data to Engineer a Better World. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (206 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- I The Individual (One Person) -- 1 Mobile Phones, Sensors, and Lifelogging: Collecting Data from Individuals While Considering Privacy -- 2 Using Personal Data in a Privacy-Sensitive Way to Make a Person's Life Easier and Healthier -- II The Neighborhood and the Organization (10 to 1,000 People) -- 3 Gathering Data from Small HeterogeneousGroups -- 4 Engineering and Policy: Building More EfficientBusinesses, Enabling Hyperlocal Politics, LifeQueries, and Opportunity Searches -- III The City (1,000 to 1,000,000 People) -- 5 Traffic Data, Crime Stats, and Closed-Circuit Cameras: Accumulating Urban Analytics -- 6 Engineering and Policy: Optimizing Resource Allocation -- IV The Nation (1 Million to 100 Million People) -- 7 Taking the Pulse of a Nation: Census, Mobile Phones, and Internet Giants -- 8 Engineering and Policy: Addressing National Sentiment, Economic Deficits, and Disasters -- V Reality Mining the World's Data (100 Million to 7 Billion People) -- 9 Gathering the World's Data: Global Census, International Travel and Commerce, and Planetary-Scale Communication -- 10 Engineering a Safer and Healthier World -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
A look at how Big Data can be put to positive use, from helping users break bad habits to tracking the global spread of disease.
9780262324564
Data mining.
Big data.
Computer networks -- Social aspects.
Information science -- Social aspects.
Information science -- Statistical methods.
Electronic books.
QA76.9.D343.E24 201
006.3/12