The Data Bonanza : Improving Knowledge Discovery In Science, Engineering, And Business Hardcover

This book presents the most up-to-date opportunities and challenges emerging in knowledge discovery, helping readers develop the technical skills to design and develop data-intensive methods and processes. Offering an introduction to the current R and D efforts worldwide, the book includes examples and case studies with strategies for addressing a wide variety of data-intensive challenges. The book includes a discussion of the DISPEL language, its development, enactment, and applications as well as data-intensive beacons of success, focusing on methods in astronomy, interactive interpretation of environment data, and data-driven research in humanities. A must-have resource for researchers in industry, governmental organizations, and academia.

1118398645

9781118398647

English

John Wiley And Sons Inc

15 April 2013

576

MALCOLM ATKINSON, PhD, is Professor of e-Science in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He is also Data-Intensive Research Group leader, Director of the e-Science Institute, IT architect for the ADMIRE and VERCE EU projects and UK e-Science Envoy. Professor Atkinson has been leading research projects for several decades and served on many advisory bodies.

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