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Big data analytics: Why should HF/E care?

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Abstract

Advances in sensor technology, connectedness and computational power have together produced huge data sets. The treatment and analysis of these data sets is known as Big Data Analytics (BDA). Computational methods have been developed to derive meaningful, actionable conclusions from these data bases. This paper examines BDA, often characterized by Volume, Velocity and Variety, giving examples of successful BDA use. This examination provides a context for considering examples of using BDA on human data, using BDA in HFE studies, and studies of how people perform BDA. Significant issues for HFE are the reliance of BDA on correlation and the ethics of BDA.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationContemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2015
EditorsPatrick Waterson, Sarah Sharples, Steven Shorrock
PublisherCRC Press/Balkema
Pages11-20
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781138028036
StatePublished - 2015
EventInternational Conference on Ergonomics and Human Factors, 2015 - Daventry, United Kingdom
Duration: Apr 13 2015Apr 16 2015

Publication series

NameContemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2015

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Ergonomics and Human Factors, 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityDaventry
Period04/13/1504/16/15

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