A user-friendly tool to transform large scale administrative data into wide table format using a mapreduce program with a pig latin based script

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Secondary use of large scale administrative data is increasingly popular in health services and clinical research, where a user-friendly tool for data management is in great demand. MapReduce technology such as Hadoop is a promising...

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Main Authors: Horiguchi Hiromasa, Yasunaga Hideo, Hashimoto Hideki, Ohe Kazuhiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-12-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/12/151