Beyond the buzzword: big data and national security decision-making.
The article explores the concept of big data and its roles in national security decision-making, with the objectives of developing a common understanding on the role and limits of data analytics among security practitioners and decision-makers. It cites a survey which suggests big data as informatio...
| Published in: | International Affairs Vol. 93; no. 6; pp. 1397 - 1417 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Nov2017
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