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Use of automated methods to process commercial data
Electronic data processing (EDP) or business information processing can refer to the use of automated methods to process commercial data. Typically, this uses relatively simple, repetitive activities to process large volumes of similar information. For example: stock updates applied to an inventory, banking transactions applied to account and customer master files, booking and ticketing transactions to an airline's reservation system, billing for utility services. The modifier "electronic" or "automatic" was used with "data processing" (DP), especially c. 1960, to distinguish human clerical data processing from that done by computer. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Electronic data processingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Neural Natural Language Processing for unstructured data in electronic health records: A reviewInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Automatic data-processing systemsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics supportCited 48,733 times
- Go sideways: Unit record equipmentA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Tabulating machineA closely related topic
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
Electronic Data Processing of Medical Records
Clinical Application of Electronic Data Processing Apparatus
ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING IN GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH∗
Clinical records and electronic data processing
A Statewide Electronic Data-Processing System
ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS
Electronic Data Processing for Radiocarbon Dates
🆕 Influential since 2022
Neural Natural Language Processing for unstructured data in electronic health records: A review
Electronic Noses: From Gas-Sensitive Components and Practical Applications to Data Processing
Leveraging natural language processing to augment structured social determinants of health data in the electronic health record
Using natural language processing to identify opioid use disorder in electronic health record data
A Multitask Electronic Nose Data Processing Model Based on Transformer Encoder
📚 Books worth reading
Automatic data-processing systemsRobert Henry Gregory · 1960
Computers and data processingSteven L. Mandell · 1979
Understanding computers and data processingCharles S. Parker · 1984
Data processingE. C. Oliver · 1973- 📕Data ProcessingGraham C. Lester · 1980
Auditing EDP systemsDonald A. Watne, Donald Watne · 1984
Business data processingElias M. Awad · 1965- 📕Management standards for data processingBrandon, Dick H. · 1963
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