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If you have too much data, then 'good enough' is good enough

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In today's humongous database systems, clarity may be relaxed, but business needs can still be met.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 54, Issue 6
June 2011
134 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1953122
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