Group items tagged

This simple change made Google's ad marketplace much more efficient than Overture's. Notice that the algorithm itself is quite simple; it is the addition of the new data that made the difference.

Of course, you have to be judicious in your choice of the data to add to your data set.

help ensure that taxpayers are getting their money's worth

Among other things, the system will report such factors as research expenditures, publications, teaching evaluations, and external support.

That was a swipe at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank supported by Gov. Rick Perry that has advocated a controversial blueprint known as the "Seven Solutions" to higher education

Non requirements Discussions on Hypertext have sometimes tackled the problem of copyright enforcement and data security. These are of secondary importance at CERN, where information exchange is still more important than secrecy. Authorisation and accounting systems for hypertext could conceivably be designed which are very sophisticated, but they are not proposed here. In cases where reference must be made to data which is in fact protected, existing file protection systems should be sufficient.

In a complex place like CERN, it's not always obvious how to divide people into groups. Imagine making a large three-dimensional model, with people represented by little spheres, and strings between people who have something in common at work.

which data is more appropriate - BIG or small

most discussion about big data centres on quantity

other elements you mention – implication, new models, new decision making approaches – all flow from this abundance of data.