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Analytics for the Internet of Things (IoT)

By : Andrew Minteer
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Book Image

Analytics for the Internet of Things (IoT)

5 (1)
By: Andrew Minteer

Overview of this book

We start with the perplexing task of extracting value from huge amounts of barely intelligible data. The data takes a convoluted route just to be on the servers for analysis, but insights can emerge through visualization and statistical modeling techniques. You will learn to extract value from IoT big data using multiple analytic techniques. Next we review how IoT devices generate data and how the information travels over networks. You’ll get to know strategies to collect and store the data to optimize the potential for analytics, and strategies to handle data quality concerns. Cloud resources are a great match for IoT analytics, so Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and PTC ThingWorx are reviewed in detail next. Geospatial analytics is then introduced as a way to leverage location information. Combining IoT data with environmental data is also discussed as a way to enhance predictive capability. We’ll also review the economics of IoT analytics and you’ll discover ways to optimize business value. By the end of the book, you’ll know how to handle scale for both data storage and analytics, how Apache Spark can be leveraged to handle scalability, and how R and Python can be used for analytic modeling.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Review


The range of steps in the flow of IoT data from the device to the presentation of analytic results was covered in this book. This is a wide range of topics, but it does all fit together. The following diagram maps this out and shows how each chapter in the book relates:

General IoT data and analytic flow as covered in this book.

The IoT data flow

In order to understand a complex system, such as the flow of data from IoT devices, or the flow of risk and money in a Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO), as depicted by the IMF in the following diagram, you need to map out the process. Then, you need to understand how each stop along the way contributes to the end result. This can help avoid unprofitable projects - and worldwide recessions.

How AAA assets were created out of subprime mortgages - money flow diagram. Source: IMF

 

We discussed the many challenges with IoT data. It is notoriously messy, and will often have missing and incorrect values. In Chapter 1, Defining IoT Analytics and...