Big data revolution : what farmers, doctors and insurance agents teach us about discovering big data patterns / Rob Thomas, Patrick McSharry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Rob (Information technology executive), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decision making--Data processing.

Decision making.

Big data.

Data mining.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Discovering big data patterns

Place of Publication:

West Sussex, England : Wiley, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Exploit the power and potential of Big Data to revolutionize business outcomes Big Data Revolution is a guide to improving performance, making better decisions, and transforming business through the effective use of Big Data. In this collaborative work by an IBM Vice President of Big Data Products and an Oxford Research Fellow, this book presents inside stories that demonstrate the power and potential of Big Data within the business realm. Readers are guided through tried-and-true methodologies for getting more out of data, and using it to the utmost advantage. This book describes the major

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; About the Authors; Contents; Prologue; Berkeley, 1930's; Pattern Recognition; Nelson Peltz; Committing to One Percent; The Big Data Revolution; Introduction; Storytelling; Objective; Outline; Part I "The Revolution Starts Now: 9 Industries Transforming with Data"; Part II "Learning from Patterns in Big Data"; Part III "Leading the Revolution"; Storytelling (Continued); Part I: The Revolution Starts Now: 9 Industries Transforming With Data; Chapter 1: Transforming Farms with Data; California, 2013; Brief History of Farming; The Data Era; Potato Farming

Precision Farming Capturing Farm Data; Deere & Company Versus Monsanto; Integrated Farming Systems; Data Prevails; The Climate Corporation; Growsafe Systems; Farm of the Future; California, 2013 (Continued) ; Chapter 2: Why Doctors Will Have Math Degrees; United States, 2014; The History of Medical Education; Scientific Method; Rise of Specialists; We Have a Problem; Ben Goldacre; Vinod Khosla; The Data Era; Collecting Data; Telemedicine; Innovating with Data; Implications of a Data-Driven Medical World; The Future of Medical School; A Typical Medical School; A Medical School for the Data Era

United States, 2030 Chapter 3: Revolutionizing Insurance: Why Actuaries Will Become Data Scientists; Middle of Somewhere, 2012; Short History of Property & Casualty Insurance and Underwriting; Actuarial Science In Insurance; Pensions, Insurance, Leases; Compound Interest; Probability; Mortality Data; Modern-Day Insurance; Eight Weeks to Eight Days; Online Policies; The Data Era; Dynamic Risk Management; Catastrophe Risk; Open Access Modeling; Opportunities; Middle of Somewhere, 2012 (Continued); Chapter 4: Personalizing Retail and Fashion; Karolina; A Brief History of Retail; Retail Eras

Aristide Boucicaut The Shift ; The Data Era; Stitch Fix; Keaton Row; Zara; Karolina (Continued); Chapter 5: Transforming Customer Relationships with Data; Buying a House; Brief History of Customer Service; Customer Service Over Time; Boeing; Financial Services; The Data Era; An Automobile Manufacturer; Zendesk; Buying a House (Continued); Chapter 6: Intelligent Machines; Denmark; Intelligent Machines; Machine Data; The Data Era; General Electric; Drones; Tesla; Networks of Data; Denmark (Continued); Chapter 7: Government and Society; Egypt, 2011; Social Media; Intelligence; Snowden Effect

Privacy Risk Versus Reward Observation or Surveillance; Development Targets; Open Data; Hackathons; Open Access; Ensuring Personal Protection; Private Clouds; Sanitizing Data; Evidence-Based Policy; Public-Private Partnerships ; Impact Bonds; Social Impact Bond; Development Impact Bonds; The Role of Big Data; Egypt, 2011 (Continued); Chapter 8: Corporate Sustainability; City of London; Global Megaforces; Population; Carbon Footprint; Water Scarcity; Environmental Risk; BP and Exxon Mobile; Early Warning Systems; Social Media; Risk and Resilience; Measuring Sustainability

Long-Term Decision Making

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 23, 2015).

ISBN:

9781118943724

1118943724

9781118943731

1118943732

OCLC:

899739038