Data_flood : : helping the Navy address the rising tide of sensor information / / Isaac R. Porche III [and four others].

Navy analysts are struggling to keep pace with the growing flood of data collected by intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance sensors. This challenge is sure to intensify as the Navy continues to field new and additional sensors. The authors explore options for solving the Navy's "b...

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Place / Publishing House:Santa Monica, California : : RAND,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (85 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Big Data: Challenges and Opportunities; What Is "Big Data"?; How Big Is Big?; The Navy's Big Data Challenge; The Navy's Big Data Opportunity; Chapter Two: What the Navy Wants from Big Data; Where Am I?; Where Are My Friends?; Where Is the Enemy?; Where Is Everyone Else?; Situational Awareness: A Vital Goal; Chapter Three: Barriers to Benefiting from Big Data; Timely Consumption; Accurate Integration; How Analysts Cope Today
  • Chapter Four: Dynamically Managing Analyst WorkloadsChapter Five: Alternatives for Dealing with Big Data; Baseline; Alternative 1: Applications (Adding More Tools to the Baseline); Alternative 2: Consolidation (Adopt a Service-Oriented Environment); Alternative 3: Cloud (Join the Distributed Cloud); Advantages and Disadvantages of the Alternatives; Differences Among the Baseline and the Alternatives; Summary of the Baseline and Alternatives; Chapter Six: Analysis; Performance; Cost; Risk; Chapter Seven: Recommendations; Move Forward with Alternative 3 (Cloud)
  • Extend Aspects and Components of Alternative 3 to Other Programs and SituationsPrepare for Culture Change; Appendix: Additional Information; Bibliography