The term Big Data has become pervasive in recent years as smart phones, televisions, washing machines, refrigerators, smart meters, diverse sensors, eyeglasses and even clothes connect to the Internet. However, their generated data is worthless without information retrieval through data...

Application of Big Data and Business Analytics uses advanced analytic tools to explore the solutions to problems in society, environment and industry. The chapters within bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners, encompassing a wide and diverse set of topics in almost every field.

An abundance of new analytics technologies emerged since the advent of the Big Data trend and enabled new Business Intelligence (BI) use cases, which were not possible with traditional technologies. While Data Warehouses were the primary choice for traditional BI architectures, the technology...