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Management of Big Semantic Data
Javier D. Fernández, Mario Arias, Miguel A. Martínez-Prieto,
andClaudio Gutiérrez
In 2007, Jim Gray preached about the effects of the Data deluge in the sciences
(Hey etal. 2009). While experimental and theoretical paradigms originally
led science, some natural phenomena were not easily addressed by analyti-
cal models. In this scenario, computational simulation arose as a new para-
digm enabling scientists to deal with these complex phenomena. Simulation
produced increasing amounts of data, particularly from the use of advanced
exploration instruments (large-scale telescopes, particle colliders, etc.) In