Big Data is data sets that are so voluminous and complex that traditional data processing application software are inadequate to deal with them. This article discusses what is Big Data, and its characteristics, and how this information revolution of Big Data is transforming our lives and the new...

"This book presents the concepts of big data, explores its analytics and technologies and their applications and develops an understanding of issues pertaining to the use of big data in multidisciplinary fields. It explores big data through the historical and technical background, architecture,...