Big data, little history

Dialogues in Human Geography

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 297-302

  Barnes, Trevor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

big data; causation; computerization; history; models; quantification; quantitative revolution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84975095122     PISSN: 20438206     EISSN: 20438214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2043820613514323     Document Type: Article

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