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In a previous post I described how I could now string search WorldCat using the Research compute cluster and Hadoop. This means I can find any string of characters anywhere in a …
Read MoreAs I’ve been learning more about how to use Hadoop via streaming, I discovered that I frequently needed an easy way to review records identified by a particular process. For …
Read MoreOK, I admit it. Ever since I joined OCLC over five years ago I’ve harbored a dream. My dream was to one day string search WorldCat. What that means is …
Read MoreIn my first adventure I introduced Hadoop and the computer cluster upon which we will be running it as we perform various data mining procedures. Now I will begin to …
Read MoreWhat is it with geeks and wacky names, anyway? Despite what it sounds like, Hadoop is neither a rarely-glimpsed mammal from Tasmania, nor a children’s board game. Nope, rather it …
Read MoreAs I’ve described in a series of posts recently (“Adventures in Hadoop”, four so far), I’ve been having fun on our new compute cluster. Well, maybe “fun” isn’t exactly the …
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