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Though the exact nature and delineation of Big Data is still unclear, it seems likely that Big Data will have an enormous impact on our daily lives. Exploring the Bounderies of Big Data serves as preparatory work for The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy's advice to the Dutch government, which has asked the Council to address questions regarding Big Data, security and privacy. It is divided into five parts, each part engaging with a different perspective on Big Data: the techn...

Illustrate your data in a more interactive and interesting way using Tableau Public About This Book • Learn the basics of creating visualizations with Tableau using this concise reference book • Understand how to join and aggregate your data sources using Tableau • It is a step by step guide that uses examples to help you understand the key concepts and feature of Tableau Public Who This Book Is For This book is targeted at investigative journalists and bloggers with an interest in making ri...

Explore the world of data science through Python and learn how to make sense of data About This Book • Master data science methods using Python and its libraries • Create data visualizations and mine for patterns • Advanced techniques for the four fundamentals of Data Science with Python - data mining, data analysis, data visualization, and machine learning Who This Book Is For If you are a Python developer who wants to master the world of data science then this book is for you. Some knowled...

As mobile devices continue becoming a larger part of our lives, the development of location acquisition technologies to track moving objects have focused the minds of researchers on issues ranging from longitude and latitude coordinates, speed, direction, and timestamping, as part of parameters needed to calculate the positional information and locations of objects, in terms of time and position in the form of trajectory streams. Recently, recent advances have facilitated various urban applicati...

Harness the power of Microsoft Fabric to develop data analytics solutions for various use cases guided by step-by-step instructions Key Features Explore Microsoft Fabric and its features through real-world examples Build data analytics solutions for lakehouses, data warehouses, real-time analytics, and data science Monitor, manage, and administer your Fabric platform and analytics system to ensure flexibility, performance, security, and control Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a f...

The standard bearing guide for multicultural counseling courses now enhanced with research-based, topical, and pedagogical refinements Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice, 7th Edition is the new update to the seminal work on multicultural counseling. From author Derald Wing Sue one of the most cited multicultural scholars in the United States this comprehensive work includes current research, cultural and scientific theoretical formations, and expanded exploration of internali...

Solve business challenges with Microsoft Power BI's advanced visualization and data analysis techniquesKey FeaturesCreate effective storytelling reports by implementing simple-to-intermediate Power BI featuresDevelop powerful analytical models to extract key insights for changing business needsBuild, publish, and share impressive dashboards for your organizationBook DescriptionTo succeed in today's transforming business world, organizations need business intelligence capabilities to make smarter...

Handbook of Research on Business Social Networking: Organizational, Managerial, and Technological Dimensions investigates the beginning of social networks and provides perspectives on how they can enhance business. This two-volume reference discusses the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and trends related to the range of new developments and applications in business social networking. Social networks and their integration in businesses are be addressed using technological, organizational,...

This landmark volume explores the close relationship between deductive databases and logic programming and the foundational issues they share. A collection of original research, contributed by leading scientists, the book grew out of preliminary work presented at the Workshop on Foundations of Deductive Databases and Logic Programming held in Washington, DC, August 1986. All the papers have been extensively refereed and revised. Part 1 introduces and examines the import of stratified databases,...

Batlzan; M: Information Systems is a visual, magazine format designed to engage your students from the start! Saturated with fascinating, sometimes hard-to-believe real examples will keep them reading throughout the course. Baltzan’s approach discusses various business initiatives first and how technology supports those initiatives second. The premise for this unique approach is that business initiatives drive technology choices in a corporation. Therefore, every discussion addresses the busines...

This book has step-by-step instructions to solve data manipulation problems using PDI in the form of recipes. It has plenty of well-organized tips, screenshots, tables, and examples to aid quick and easy understanding. If you are a software developer or anyone involved or interested in developing ETL solutions, or in general, doing any kind of data manipulation, this book is for you. It does not cover PDI basics, SQL basics, or database concepts. You are expected to have a basic understanding of...

Ready to use statistical and machine-learning techniques across large data sets? This practical guide shows you why the Hadoop ecosystem is perfect for the job. Instead of deployment, operations, or software development usually associated with distributed computing, you'll focus on particular analyses you can build, the data warehousing techniques that Hadoop provides, and higher order data workflows this framework can produce. Data scientists and analysts will learn how to perform a wide range...

Get to grips with processing large volumes of data and presenting it as engaging, interactive insights using Spark and Python.Key FeaturesGet a hands-on, fast-paced introduction to the Python data science stackExplore ways to create useful metrics and statistics from large datasetsCreate detailed analysis reports with real-world dataBook DescriptionProcessing big data in real time is challenging due to scalability, information inconsistency, and fault tolerance. Big Data Analysis with Python tea...

Emerging Technologies in Computing: Theory, Practice, and Advances reviews the past, current, and future needs of technologies in the computer science field while it also discusses the emerging importance of appropriate practices, advances, and their impact. It outlines emerging technologies and their principles, challenges, and applications as well as issues involved in the digital age. With the rapid development of technologies, it becomes increasingly important for us to remain up to date on...

Design clever algorithms that can uncover interesting structures and hidden relationships in unstructured, unlabeled dataKey FeaturesLearn how to select the most suitable Python library to solve your problemCompare k-Nearest Neighbor (k-NN) and non-parametric methods and decide when to use themDelve into the applications of neural networks using real-world datasetsBook DescriptionUnsupervised learning is a useful and practical solution in situations where labeled data is not available. Applied...

Apply data storytelling concepts and analytical thinking to create dashboards and reports in Looker Studio to aid data-driven decision making Key Features Gain a solid understanding of data visualization principles and learn to apply them effectively Get to grips with the concepts and features of Looker Studio to create powerful data stories Explore the end-to-end process of building dashboards with the help of practical examples Book DescriptionPresenting data visually makes it easier for or...