Author:
Eagle, Nathan.
Imprint:Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
Descriptionvi, 199 pages ; 21 cm
Note:Includes index.
Note:Introduction -- Part 1: Individual (One Person): -- Mobile phones, sensors, and lifelogging: collecting data from individuals while considering privacy -- Using personal data in a privacy-sensitive way to make a person's life easier and healthier -- Part 2: Neighborhood And The Organization (10 to 1,000 People): -- Gathering data from small heterogeneous groups -- Engineering and policy: building more efficient businesses, enabling hyperlocal politics, life queries, and opportunity searches -- Part 3: City (1,000 to 1,000,000 people): -- Traffic data, crime stats, and closed-circuit cameras: accumulating urban analytics -- Engineering and policy: optimizing resource allocation -- Part 4: Nation (1 Million to 100 Million People) -- Taking the pulse of a nation: census, mobile phones, and internet giants -- Engineering and policy: addressing national sentiment, economic deficits, and disasters -- Part 5: Reality Mining The World's Data (100 Million to 7 Billion People): -- Gathering the world's data: global census, international travel and commerce, and planetary-scale communication: -- Engineering a safer and healthier world -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
