Chapter 1 Exercises 1. What is data mining? In your answer‚ address the following: Data mining refers to the process or method that extracts or \mines" interesting knowledge or patterns from large amounts of data. (a) Is it another hype? Data mining is not another hype. Instead‚ the need for data mining has arisen due to the wide availability of huge amounts of data and the imminent need for turning such data into useful information and knowledge. Thus‚ data mining can be viewed as the result of the
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Data mining Data mining is simply filtering through large amounts of raw data for useful information that gives businesses a competitive edge. This information is made up of meaningful patterns and trends that are already in the data but were previously unseen. The most popular tool used when mining is artificial intelligence (AI). AI technologies try to work the way the human brain works‚ by making intelligent guesses‚ learning by example‚ and using deductive reasoning. Some of the more popular
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Data Mining Assignment 4 Shauna N. Hines Dr. Progress Mtshali Info Syst Decision-Making December 7‚ 2012 Benefits of Data Mining Data mining is defined as “a process that uses statistical‚ mathematical‚ artificial intelligence‚ and machine-learning techniques to extract and identify useful information and subsequent knowledge from large databases‚ including data warehouses” (Turban & Volonino‚ 2011). The information identified using data mining includes patterns indicating trends‚ correlations
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1 Snack-Food Industry – Driving factors The snack food industry benefited from increased demand for several of the industry’s products during the past five years in line with rising household disposable income. In addition the industry has a moderate level of market share concentration. The top four players are accounting 43% of revenue. This revenue depends on numerous reasons and factors. One are the changing eating habits due to less frequent restaurant dining and hurried lifestyles
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Wisesaputri (Deti) S3100622 Geoffrey Stewart ............................................................................................................................................................ International Business Strategy & Success Factors in an Emerging Economy: A study of IKEA’s Expansion to China 1. Introduction: IKEA and a Semiglobalised World There is a Chinese proverb that says‚ "when the wind rises‚ some people build walls; others build windmills." The business world has
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College success is defined as accomplishment of personal and educational goals. 1 Many factors lead to success in college‚ and identifying these positive influences is important to serve as a guide for parents who desire college education for their children‚ and for college students who want to achieve their educational goals. 2 There are differences of opinion in ranking these factors or influences in order of importance. There are some who believe students who score high on aptitude tests are most
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Singapore Airlines: Factors Accounting for Marketplace Success This paper looks at how good market auditing and planning are central to Singapore Airlines’ success‚ and how a clear understanding of the macro- and micro environments can assist in the building of sustainable competitive advantage. It focuses on the role of business tools‚ marketing intelligence and research‚ segmentation‚ targeting‚ positioning and buyer behaviour in the airline’s success. Introduction Singapore
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residential purposes. As property is a large expenditure with long term commitments from buyers‚ a customer’s ability to buy property will be largely dependent on macroeconomic factors such as; interest rates‚ inflation‚ unemployment‚ income and the business cycle. Possibly the most significant factor in determining the success of UK estate agents is the rate of interest charged on mortgages. As houses are a large expenditure few people can afford to buy one outright‚ so most people rely on a mortgage
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for NewMont Mining in Indonesia NewMont Mining Corp. is the one of the world’ leading gold company‚ headquartered in Denver‚ Colorado. The company employs approximately 15‚000 people‚ the majority of whom work at Newmont’s mines sites in the United States‚ Australia‚ Peru‚ Indonesia‚ Bolivia‚ New Zealand and Mexico. NewMont Mining Corp. began to operate two mines in Indonesia in 1996‚ one in Batu Hijau on the island of Sumbawa and Minahasa Raya on the island of Sulawesi. NewMont Mining faced several
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Introduction Denver-Based New Earth Mining‚ one of the largest US precious metal producers‚ was enjoying rapid growth in earnings with the continued improvement of its operating margins. New Earth Mining had accumulated a large amount of cash on its balance sheet. It had a simple debt structure and a reasonable leverage ratio with no significant risk of liquidity. With its strong financial condition and the desire to diversify its business though new capital investments rather than acquisition‚
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