Big Data, social physics, and spatial analysis: The early years

Big Data and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Barnes, Trevor J ^a   Wilson, Matthew W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Data; computerization; macrogeography; Social physics; spatial analysis; William Warntz

Indexed keywords

EID: 85074205218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20539517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2053951714535365     Document Type: Article

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