Even Hadoop couldn't predict this general election, says Hadoop co-founder Doug Cutting

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However, using big data methodologies, future elections could be forecast this way, he says

This general election is the hardest to call for many generations, with the two main parties polling neck and neck and some of their core support leaching away to smaller parties.  Even statisti...

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