Results of the poll: "Which kind of data would you like mining?"
November 28, 2008 by Sandro Saitta · 2 Comments
Filed under: Poll results, data mining poll, like mining
The poll is now over. Thanks to the 162 participants. The question was:Which kind of data would you like mining?Here are the results:Demographic data: 14%Search engine data: 20%Financial data: 20%Environmental data: 19%Criminal data: 17%SETI data: 9%Cancer data: 14%Social network data: 19%US election data: 7%Others: 35% Search engine and financial data are the most trendy domains among participants. Bioinformatics Filed under: Poll results, data mining poll, like mining
Readability of Decision Trees
November 25, 2008 by Sandro Saitta · 8 Comments
Filed under: Readability, decision tree, understandability
One of the most often cited advantage of decision trees is their readability. Several data miners (to whom I belong) justify the use of this technique since it is quite easy to understand the obtained model (no black box). However, there are certain issues that make decision trees unreadable.First, there is normalization (or standardization). In most projects, data have to be normalized before using decision tree. Therefore, once you Filed under: Readability, decision tree, understandability
Data Mining Search Engine Update
November 23, 2008 by Sandro Saitta · Leave a Comment
Filed under: analyticbridge, custom search engine, data mining search engine
Filed under: analyticbridge, custom search engine, data mining search engine
A small post to let you know that the Data Mining Search Engine has been updated with more than 800 additional websites. These pages have been kindly provided by AnalyticBridge, a network of people involved in analytic (you can freely be a member of AnalyticBridge). The total number Data Mining Research Updates
November 21, 2008 by Sandro Saitta · Leave a Comment
Filed under: DMR update, List of data mining blogs, Sphere, data mining search engine
Before the week-end, I would like to inform you of some new stuffs on Data Mining Research:Filed under: DMR update, List of data mining blogs, Sphere, data mining search engine
- A section named "Data Mining Research" with direct links to the Data Mining Search Engine and the Data Mining Big List of Blogs.
- The five most popular posts of Data Mining Research (according to number of views)
- A small poll to know a little bit more about the readers of DMR
- Data mining book recommendations
- At
Data Mining Book: Know It All
November 20, 2008 by Sandro Saitta · 3 Comments
Filed under: data mining authors, data mining books, know it all
Filed under: data mining authors, data mining books, know it all
Soon to be released (November, 21st), a new book about data mining: Data Mining: Know It All. The list of authors is impressive:Soumen Chakrabarti, Earl Cox, Eibe Frank, Ralf Hartmut Güting, Jiawei Han, Xia Jiang, Micheline Kamber, Sam S. Lightstone, Thomas P. Nadeau, Richard E Neapolitan, Dorian Pyle, Mamdouh Refaat, Markus… Continue reading... | 3 CommentsMaintenance…
Data Mining Research is temporarily unavailable due to maintenance.Thanks for your comprehension.Sandro Saitta.Which kind of data would you like mining?
November 17, 2008 by Sandro Saitta · 2 Comments
Filed under: data mining application, poll on data mining
I'm always curious regarding possible data mining applications. I'm even more curious to know which kind of data would the readers of Data Mining Research like mining. It could be any kind of data, even in dreams. Of course it is impossible to give an exhaustive list, so please comment if your choices are not below. Filed under: data mining application, poll on data mining
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