Big Data Analytics and Preprocessing

Big data is a trending word in the industry and academia that represents the huge flood of collected data, this data is very complex in its nature. Big data as a term used to describe many concepts related to the data from technological and cultural meaning. In the big data community, big data analytics is used to discover the hidden patterns and values that give an accurate representation of the data. Big data preprocessing is considered an important step in the analysis process. It a key to the success of the analysis process in terms of analysis time, utilized resources percentage, storage, the efficiency of the analyzed data and the output gained information. Preprocessing data involves dealing with concepts like concept drift, data streams that are considered as significant challenges.