The big (data) bang: Policy, prospects, and challenges

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 304-310

  Mcneely, Connie L ^a   Hahm, Jong on ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big data; Data analytics; Data applications; Data science; Digitization; Informatics; Policy; Policy making

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DIGITIZATION; INFORMATICS; INNOVATION; PARAMETERIZATION; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84904391820     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ropr.12082     Document Type: Article

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