An Introduction to Data Mining, Part 1.(Technology Information)

Enterprise Systems Journal,  April, 2000  by Haskett, Mitch

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A technical guide to understanding data relationships in a corporate warehouse is presented. The term 'data mining' is often applied indiscriminately but can be understood as a set of techniques for automating exhaustive analysis of complex data relationships. Verification-based analytical tools are serial and rely on the analyst's intuition and insight to produce a hypothetical question; human limitations in managing attribute space and posing appropriate questions affect their usefulness.

Statistical analysis packages and GUI-based environments are more effective than basic query tools, but ...

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