Chapter 5.3, Problem 2SW

Explanation of Solution

Industry that would benefit from the ability of capturing large quantities of data in real time:

Industry that would benefit from the ability of capturing large quantities of data in real time is airline industry. In airline industry, wide variety of data are recorded and stored day to day and those data are required to be processed to perform various decision making options.

Data that are captured includes:

The below listed data requires storage capabilities and analysis when large amount of data are obtained,

• Price of the ticket.
• Managing the resources.
  • Fuel.
  • Foods and beverages.
  • Aircrafts.
• Staffing.
• Equipment maintenance.
• Assigning the gate for security.

Analysis that could be made on the data that is captured and stored:

Since huge amount or varieties of data are stored in the database, the data are required to be analyzed and processed to obtain a decision based report...