Unlocking Big Data with R

September 9, 2011
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(This article was first published on Revolutions, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers)

I have an article out this week on ReadWriteHack: Unlocking Big Data with R. My thanks to the folks at ReadWriteWeb for giving us the opportunity to showcase some of the many real-world Big Data applications of R. Here are some additional links about the applications mentioned in the article:

Orbitz: How Orbitz uses Hadoop and R to optimize hotel search

OkCupid: How OkCupid Demystifies Dating With Big Data

ReadWriteHack: Unlocking Big Data with R

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