This timely text reference reviews the state of the art of big data analytics with a
particular focus on practical applications. An authoritative selection of leading international
researchers present detailed analyses of existing trends for storing and analyzing big data
together with valuable insights into the challenges inherent in current approaches and systems.
This is further supported by real-world examples drawn from a broad range of application areas
including healthcare education and disaster management. The text also covers typically from
an application-oriented perspective advances in data science in such areas as big data
collection searching analysis and knowledge discovery.Topics and features:Discusses a model
for data traffic aggregation in 5G cellular networks and a novel scheme for resource
allocation in 5G networks with network slicingExplores methods that use big data in the
assessment of floodrisks and apply neural networks techniques to monitor the safety of nuclear
power plantsDescribes a system which leverages big data analytics and the Internet of Things in
the application of drones to aid victims in disaster scenariosProposes a novel deep
learning-based health data analytics application for sleep apnea detection and a novel pathway
for diagnostic models of headache disordersReviews techniques for educational data mining and
learning analytics and introduces a scalable MapReduce graph partitioning approach for high
degree verticesPresents a multivariate and dynamic data representation model for the
visualization of healthcare data and big data analytics methods for software reliability
assessmentThis practically-focused volume is an invaluable resource for all researchers
academics data scientists and business professionals involved in the planning designing and
implementation of big data analytics projects.Dr. Mohammed M. Alani is an Associate Professor
in Computer Engineering and currently is the Provost at Al Khawarizmi International College
Abu Dhabi UAE. Dr. Hissam Tawfik is a Professor of Computer Science in the School of Computing
Creative Technologies & Engineering at Leeds Beckett University UK. Dr. Mohammed Saeed is a
Professor in Computing and currently is the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research at
the University of Modern Sciences Dubai UAE. Dr. Obinna Anya is a Research Staff Member at
IBM Research - Almaden San Jose CA USA.
