In the last two decades, the continuous increase of computational power has produced an
overwhelming flow of data. Moreover, the recent advances in Web technology has made it …

The term 'Big Data'has spread rapidly in the framework of Data Mining and Business
Intelligence. This new scenario can be defined by means of those problems that cannot be …

In this paper, we review the background and state-of-the-art of big data. We first introduce
the general background of big data and review related technologies, such as could …

Recent technological advancements have led to a deluge of data from distinctive domains
(eg, health care and scientific sensors, user-generated data, Internet and financial …

The intelligent transportation system (ITS) concept was introduced to increase road safety,
manage traffic efficiently, and preserve our green environment. Nowadays, ITS applications …

Support of high performance queries on large volumes of spatial data becomes increasingly
important in many application domains, including geospatial problems in numerous fields …

The Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) is designed to store very large data sets
reliably, and to stream those data sets at high bandwidth to user applications. In a large …

Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues need to be
figured out, such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability. In …

Network Traffic Monitoring and Analysis (NTMA) represents a key component for network
management, especially to guarantee the correct operation of large-scale networks such as …

WTF (" Who to Follow") is Twitter's user recommendation service, which is responsible for
creating millions of connections daily between users based on shared interests, common …