Big Data, Open Data and Data Development

Acknowledgements

This book is the product of several years of research devoted to data processing, statistics and econometrics in the TRIS (traitement et recherche de l’information et de la statistique) laboratory. It is the fruit of several projects carried out within the framework of research and development for several startups within the Languedoc-Roussillon region and large private and public groups.

I would like to thank all of the members of the RRI (réseau de recherche sur l’innovation), and more particularly, Dimitri Uzunidis, its president, for his attentive and careful reading of the first version, and who encouraged us to publish this book.

Thanks also to M. Bernard Marques, who had the difficult task of proofreading the manuscript and who had many important notes to help with the understanding of the book.

I would also like to thank my teacher and friend Jean Matouk, who was the cause of this publication, thank you for his encouragement and unfailing support over the years.

Many thanks to all the researchers at the laboratory for their help and support and most especially to Soraya Sedkaoui; without her this book would never have seen the light of day.

Thanks to all those who have supported me through difficult times and who have transformed an individual intellectual adventure into a collective one, in particular Alain Iozzino, director of the startup E-prospects, with whom we have carried out many research and development projects over the years.

Finally, I must ...