Assessing the Quality of Service Using Big Data Analytics: With Application to Healthcare

Big Data Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages 13-24

  Batarseh, Feras A ^a   Latif, Eyad Abdel ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Big data analytics; Forecasting; Healthcare; Quality of Service (QoS)

Indexed keywords

BIG DATA; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE;

BEST PRACTICES; BIG DATA ANALYTIC; DATA ANALYTICS; DATA DRIVEN DECISION; DATA TOOLS; DECISIONS MAKINGS; HEALTHCARE; MULTIPLE SOURCE; QUALITY OF SERVICE; QUALITY-OF-SERVICE;

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

EID: 84947584456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22145796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bdr.2015.10.001     Document Type: Article

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