Repurposing Big Data
Abstract
Big Data resources are expensive and can cost millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars to create and maintain. Not surprisingly, every Big Data resource is built with a specific purpose in mind. Nonetheless, creative individuals have a history of using data resources for purposes that were unimagined when the resource was originally conceived. In this chapter, we discuss the value of Big Data repurposing and provide examples wherein repurposing has led to important advances for science and society.
Keywords
Data repurposing; Abandoned data; Legacy data; Retrospective data; Observational studies
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