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| Title: | Usefulness and applications of data mining in extracting information from different perspectives |
| Authors: | Pal, Jiban K |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | Discusses
the concept of data mining that has emerged as a technique of discovering new
meaning in data implicit in a large data warehouse, in order to facilitate
better strategies and smart decisions. The standard tasks involved in data
mining process are explained. Such pattern-seeking techniques usually performed
with a wide range of related areas (viz. statistics, neural networks, genetic
algorithms, machine learning, pattern recognition, knowledge-based systems,
etc.) are described. Draws attention to useful applications of data mining in
varying degrees and illustrates the benefit of this powerful technology with
several instances of providing solutions to challenging problems. Also focuses
on bibliomining opportunities to be useful to information retrieval, semantic
analysis of unstructured texts, web-usage mining and to make proactive as well
as knowledge-driven decision across library services; that help researchers in
linking information for novel discovery and insight. The discussion illuminates
the wrong things that happen with data mining applications and cautionary tales
for avoiding serious consequences. Suggests use of data mining in combination
with other techniques of evaluation, exploiting large data warehouses by
skilled specialists, and advises for ethical uses without privacy invasion. |
| Page(s): | 7-16 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-2404 (Online); 0972-5423 (Print) |
| Source: | ALIS Vol.58(1) [March 2011]
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