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Part of the book series: Studies in Big Data ((SBD,volume 29))

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In this chapter, we explain what is the main problems with which we deal in this book, how exactly we deal with them, and what is the book’s structure.

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Lerma, L.O., Kreinovich, V. (2018). Introduction. In: Towards Analytical Techniques for Optimizing Knowledge Acquisition, Processing, Propagation, and Use in Cyberinfrastructure and Big Data. Studies in Big Data, vol 29. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61349-9_1

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