TY - BOOK AU - Kulkarni,Anand J. AU - Siarry,Patrick AU - Singh,Pramod Kumar AU - Abraham,Ajith AU - Zhang,Mengjie AU - Zomaya,Albert AU - Baki,Fazle TI - Big Data Analytics in Healthcare T2 - Studies in Big Data, SN - 9783030316716 U1 - 005.7 23 PY - 2020/// CY - Cham PB - Springer KW - Big data KW - Medical informatics N1 - Gifted by Professor Ajith Abraham N2 - This book includes state-of-the-art discussions on various issues and aspects of the implementation, testing, validation, and application of big data in the context of healthcare. The concept of big data is revolutionary, both from a technological and societal well-being standpoint. This book provides a comprehensive reference guide for engineers, scientists, and students studying/involved in the development of big data tools in the areas of healthcare and medicine. It also features a multifaceted and state-of-the-art literature review on healthcare data, its modalities, complexities, and methodologies, along with mathematical formulations. The book is divided into two main sections, the first of which discusses the challenges and opportunities associated with the implementation of big data in the healthcare sector. In turn, the second addresses the mathematical modeling of healthcare problems, as well as current and potential future big data applications and platforms ER -