A Personal Perspective on the Origin(s) and Development of “Big Data": The Phenomenon, the Term, and the Discipline, Second Version

Francis Diebold

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Abstract: I investigate Big Data, the phenomenon, the term, and the discipline, with emphasis on origins of the term, in industry and academics, in computer science and statistics/econometrics. Big Data the phenomenon continues unabated, Big Data the term is now firmly entrenched, and Big Data the discipline is emerging.

Keywords: Massive data; computing; statistics; econometrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C81 C82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 7 pages
Date: 2012-08-01, Revised 2012-11-26
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