Overview
Presents the principal techniques of data mining with particular emphasis on explaining and motivating the techniques used
Focuses on understanding of the basic algorithms and awareness of their strengths and weaknesses
Useful as a textbook and also for self-study
Substantially expanded second edition
Each chapter contains practical exercises to enable readers to check their progress, and there is a full glossary of technical terms
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science (UTICS)
Access this book
Other ways to access
Table of contents (20 chapters)
-
Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
Data Mining, the automatic extraction of implicit and potentially useful information from data, is increasingly used in commercial, scientific and other application areas.
Principles of Data Mining explains and explores the principal techniques of Data Mining: for classification, association rule mining and clustering. Each topic is clearly explained and illustrated by detailed worked examples, with a focus on algorithms rather than mathematical formalism. It is written for readers without a strong background in mathematics or statistics, and any formulae used are explained in detail.
This second edition has been expanded to include additional chapters on using frequent pattern trees for Association Rule Mining, comparing classifiers, ensemble classification and dealing with very large volumes of data.
Principles of Data Mining aims to help general readers develop the necessary understanding of what is inside the 'black box' so they can use commercial data mining packages discriminatingly, as well as enabling advanced readers or academic researchers to understand or contribute to future technical advances in the field.
Suitable as a textbook to support courses at undergraduate or postgraduate levels in a wide range of subjects including Computer Science, Business Studies, Marketing, Artificial Intelligence, Bioinformatics and Forensic Science.
Reviews
From the reviews of the second edition:
“This book introduces the concept of data mining and explains the various techniques involved. … This book is written primarily as a text for a course on data mining. The rich pedagogical features, including illustrations, examples, solved problems, exercises and solutions, a glossary, and references, make it an ideal choice for that purpose. It would be very useful for any reader who wants to gain a good understanding of data mining concepts and techniques.” (Alexis Leon, Computing Reviews, September, 2013)Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Principles of Data Mining
Authors: Max Bramer
Series Title: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4884-5
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2013
Series ISSN: 1863-7310
Series E-ISSN: 2197-1781
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIV, 440
Number of Illustrations: 101 b/w illustrations
Topics: Information Storage and Retrieval, Database Management, Artificial Intelligence, Programming Techniques