Wikipedia defines big data as: “Big data is a broad term for data sets so large or complex that traditional data processing applications are inadequate. Challenges include analysis, capture ...

Recent advancements in information technology and data acquisition have created both new research opportunities and new challenges for using big data in ornithology. We provide an overview of the past ...

The increasing amount of data we have access to and the ways in which it is used have presented both challenges and opportunities for society.

Of course, the path to progress can prove bumpy. Capgemini, in a 2012 report titled The Deciding Factor: Big Data & Decision Making, found that while 65 percent of respondents reported a need to make ...

The British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 57, No. 2, THEMED ISSUE: Big Data and Criminology: The Datafication of Criminal Justice (MARCH 2017), pp. 259-274 (16 pages) This paper considers emerging ...

Embedded deep within their responses to queries is Wikipedia data and Wikipedia text, knowledge that has been compiled over years of painstaking work by human contributors.

Under the Big Data concept, firms do provide a clear incentive to collect and retain as much data as they can for as long as possible. In theory, more data will provide greater knowledge and greater ...