Tool detects patterns hidden in vast data sets
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 15:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Researchers have developed a tool that can tackle large data sets in a way that no other software program can. Part of a suite of statistical tools called MINE, it can tease out multiple patterns hidden in health information, statistics amassed from a season of major league baseball, data on the changing bacterial landscape of the gut, and more.