Many applications generate Big Data, like social networking and social influence programs, Cloud applications, public web sites, scientific experiments and simulations, data warehouse, monitoring platforms, and e-government services. Data grow rapidly, since applications produce continuously increasing volumes of both unstructured and structured data. Large-scale interconnected systems aim to aggregate and efficient exploit the power of widely distributed resources. The book provides, in this sense, a platform for the dissemination of advanced topics of theory, research efforts and analysis and implementation of resource management systems for Big Data platforms and applications. The book constitutes a flagship driver towards presenting and supporting advance research in the area of Big Data platforms and applications. The focus of the […]