Accompanied with the unprecedented data collection abilities offered by large-scale networked multi-agent systems, a new challenge also arises: how should we process such a large amount of data to make estimates and produce control strategies given limited network resources?
Google did not talk about its advertising strategy for Google TV, but it could use its formidable data-collection abilities to aim new types of ads at television-watching consumers.
There's little doubt that the exponential growth in our data-collection abilities can lead to enormous benefits but there's also little doubt that the population in general is already deeply concerned about technology's inexorable (and almost accidental) war on privacy, and we're only a disaster or few away from loud calls for stricter regulation.
An additional advantage relates to efficiency gained through the breadth of data collection and ability to assess a range of possible causes and outcome variables, although in cases of rare but important outcomes, collaboration with similar studies, or a more suitable design (i.e., case-control) is warranted [ 9].
An online survey was used because of the speed of data collection, anonymity and ability to reach a large and diverse population at low cost (Reips 2002a).
Some of this data collection and processing ability exists already, but it is nowhere near as robust as it will soon become.
In this study, we employ a ubiquitous computing approach, Social Functional Mechanism-design and Relationship Imaging, or Social fMRI, that combines extremely rich data collection with the ability to conduct targeted experimental interventions with study populations.
Unfortunately, since multiple process units are not frequently built in the same region or using the same technologies, and because of confidentiality concerns in contract negotiation, significant constraints exist in data collection and the ability to provide reliable statistics on complexity factors.
However, the majority of analysis occurred after follow-up data collection, restricting the ability of the researchers to conclude whether data saturation had occurred.
Substandard situations must not scale down ambitions for better data collection; rather, the ability to identify causes of death should be scaled up.
