The observatory : designing data-driven decision making tools
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Simoes, Alexander James Gaspar
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observatory : an analytical tool for understanding the complexities of economic development
Designing data-driven decision making tools
Analytical tool for understanding the complexities of economic development
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Program in Media Arts and Sciences.
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César A. Hidalgo.
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Creative usages of graphics to encode information date back to at least the beginnings of the industrial revolution. It is also around that same time that a gap between the wealthiest of nations and least begins to develop. How can we use techniques of visualization complimented with vast amounts of data to provide a lens by which we may understand economic development? The amount of computing power and data available at our finger tips is increasing everyday. This thesis will introduce The Observatory as a tool that combines big data with interactive visualizations as a means for discerning the patterns found in economic development over the past 50 years. The tool draws on influences from other interactive visualizations tools as well as theory and literature from the field of complexity economics. The impact of this tool has already begun to emerge with its proliferation online and usage by experts in the field of development economics.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2012. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 52-56).
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2012Department
Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Architecture. Program in Media Arts and Sciences.