Predictive modeling with big data: Is bigger really better?

Big Data

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 215-226

  De Fortuny, Enric Junqué ^a   Martens, David ^a   Provost, Foster ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84991624961     PISSN: 21676461     EISSN: 2167647X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/big.2013.0037     Document Type: Article

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