Data lakes

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction to Data Lakes: Definitions and Discussions -- 1.1. Introduction to data lakes -- 1.2. Literature review and discussion -- 1.3. The data lake challenges -- 1.4. Data lakes versus decision-making systems -- 1.5. Urbanization for data lakes -- 1.6. Data lake functionalities -- 1.7. Summary and concluding remarks -- 2. Architecture of Data Lakes -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. State of the art and practice -- 2.2.1. Definition -- 2.2.2. Architecture -- 2.2.3. Metadata