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The big data era is the inevitable consequence of datafication: our ability to transform each event and every interaction in the world into digital data, and our concomitant desire to analyze and extract value from this data. Big data comes with a lot of promise, enabling us to make valuable, data-driven decisions to alter all aspects of society.
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Dong, X.L., Srivastava, D. (2015). Motivation: Challenges and Opportunities for BDI. In: Big Data Integration. Synthesis Lectures on Data Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01853-4_1
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