In the realm of Big Data

First Monday

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Bryant, Antony ^a   Raja, Uzma ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 84894060296     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v19i2.4991     Document Type: Article

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