Data Attribution from Download to Publication

From Registration to Publication

I n a compelling essay in this issue of PLoS Medicine, Mike Clarke, the director of the United Kingdom Cochrane Centre, lays down a challenge to clinical researchers and journal editors [1]. He argues that researchers should do a study only if there is a systematic review that shows that the new study is needed. If no review exists, the researchers should do one themselves before embarking on t...

Big Data Quality: From Content to Context

Over the last 20 years, and particularly with the advent of Big Data and analytics, the research area around Data and Information Quality (DIQ) is still a fast growing research area. There are many views and streams in DIQ research, generally aiming at improving the effectiveness of decision making in organizations. Although there are a lot of researches aimed at clarifying the role of BIG data...

From research presentation to publication.

overdose; (iv) specifically equipping primary health care providers and emergency room personnel to provide brief screening and interventions; and (v) introducing science-based models of substance abuse treatment into community settings, especially cognitive-behavioural approaches. Interdiction strategies should include: (i) monitoring the distribution and use of precursor chemicals used in the...

Proactive Data Download and User Demand Shaping for Data Networks

In this work, we propose and study optimal proactive resource allocation and demand shaping for data networks. Motivated by the recent findings on the predictability of human behavior patterns in data networks, and the emergence of highly capable handheld devices, our design aims to smooth out the network traffic over time and minimize the data delivery costs. Our framework utilizes proactive d...

Channel attribution modelling using clickstream data from an online store