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Big data: Distilling meaning from data

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  • Felice Frankel

    (Felice Frankel is senior research fellow in the faculty of arts and sciences at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. With G. M. Whitesides, she is co-author of On the Surface of Things: Images of the Extraordinary in Science. felice_frankel@harvard.edu)

  • Rosalind Reid

    (Rosalind Reid is executive director of the Initiative in Innovative Computing at Harvard University and former Editor of American Scientist.)

Abstract

Buried in vast streams of data are clues to new science. But we may need to craft new lenses to see them, explain Felice Frankel and Rosalind Reid.

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  • Felice Frankel & Rosalind Reid, 2008. "Big data: Distilling meaning from data," Nature, Nature, vol. 455(7209), pages 30-30, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:455:y:2008:i:7209:d:10.1038_455030a
    DOI: 10.1038/455030a
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    1. Xiaoxi Ling & Yu Liu & Zhen Huang & Parantu K. Shah & Cheng Li, 2016. "A graphical article-level metric for intuitive comparison of large-scale literatures," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 106(1), pages 41-50, January.
    2. Yili (Kevin) Hong & Paul A. Pavlou, 2014. "Product Fit Uncertainty in Online Markets: Nature, Effects, and Antecedents," Information Systems Research, INFORMS, vol. 25(2), pages 328-344, June.
    3. Michela Arnaboldi, 2018. "The Missing Variable in Big Data for Social Sciences: The Decision-Maker," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-18, September.
    4. George P. Huber, 2016. "Changes in the structures of U.S. companies: action implications for executives and researchers," Journal of Organization Design, Springer;Organizational Design Community, vol. 5(1), pages 1-8, December.
    5. Michael Teets & Matthew Goldner, 2013. "Libraries’ Role in Curating and Exposing Big Data," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 5(3), pages 1-10, August.

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