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If you have too much data, then 'good enough' is good enough

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In today's humongous database systems, clarity may be relaxed, but business needs can still be met.

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 54, Issue 6
        June 2011
        134 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/1953122
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