Title
Entropy-Based Approach to Efficient Cleaning of Big Data in Hierarchical Databases.
Abstract
When databases are at risk of containing erroneous, redundant, or obsolete data, a cleaning procedure is used to detect, correct or remove such undesirable records. We propose a methodology for improving data cleaning efficiency in a large hierarchical database. The methodology relies on Shannon’s information entropy for measuring the amount of information stored in databases. This approach, which builds on previously-gathered statistical data regarding the prevalence of errors in the database, enables the decision maker to determine which components of the database are likely to have undergone more information loss, and thus to prioritize those components for cleaning. In particular, in cases where the cleaning process is iterative (from the root node down), the entropic approach produces a scientifically motivated stopping rule that determines the optimal (i.e. minimally required) number of tiers in the hierarchical database that need to be examined. This stopping rule defines a more streamlined representation of the database, in which less informative tiers are eliminated.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1007/978-3-030-59612-5_1
BigData Congress
DocType
Citations 
PageRank 
Conference
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Eugene Levner146648.53
Boris Kriheli283.28
Arriel Benis300.34
Alexander Ptuskin400.34
Amir Elalouf5225.99
Sharon Hovav600.34
Shai Ashkenazi700.34