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Wang, Richard Y.
Data quality / Richard Y. Wang, Mostapha Ziad, Yang W. Lee.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7923-7215-8 (alk. paper)

1. Electronic data processing Quality control. I. Ziad, Mostapha. II. Lee, Yang W. III. Title.
QA76.9.E95 W36 2000
005.7 ?068 ?5 dc21

00-046284

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About the Authors

Richard Y. Wang is an associate professor at Boston University, and Co-Director for the Total Data Quality Management program at M.I.T. where he had served as a professor for a decade. He is a pioneer and leading researcher in the field of data quality. Prof. Wang received his Ph.D. degree from M.I.T.

Mostapha Ziad is an assistant professor at the Sawyer School of...