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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Zimbabwe’s economic freedom score is 22.1‚ making its economy the 178th freest in the 2011 Index. Its score has increased by 0.7 point from last year‚ reflecting gains in four of the 10 economic freedoms. Zimbabwe is ranked last out of 46 countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa region and is the second least free country in the 2011 Index. The Zimbabwean economy is characterized by instability and volatility‚ both hallmarks of excessive government interference and mismanagement of the economy. The country’s
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For the past ten years‚ Zimbabwe has been riddled with economic stagnation as well as being the subject of political instability‚ thus that been the reason why many companies and countries have turned a blind eye as concerns investing. Once known as the bread basket of Africa‚ Zimbabwe has the ability to rise up again especially with the internationally accepted new government of Unity were the two major political parties‚ ZANU PF and MDC have come together to work as one for the betterment of the
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Pest and Pesticides For centuries‚ pests have been feasting on crops and not only decreasing a farmer’s crop yield‚ but also spreading diseases that can even be deadly. Mosquitos‚ like the one to the left can carry many diseases such as West Nile and malaria.1 There are so many pests from insects such as beetles‚ which feed off of crops such as the potato plant (left)‚ and mosquitos (left) to rodents such as rats that “even with extensive use of pesticides‚ a substantial amount of damaged [crops]
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Data Mining Abdullah Alshawdhabi Coleman University Simply stated data mining refers to extracting or mining knowledge from large amounts of it. The term is actually a misnomer. Remember that the mining of gold from rocks or sand is referred to as gold mining rather than rock or sand mining. Thus‚ data mining should have been more appropriately named “knowledge mining from data‚” which is unfortunately somewhat long. Knowledge mining‚ a shorter term‚ may not
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Data is related in many ways Develop the larger picture Multi-dimensional view of data DSS Database Requirements Data Extraction and Filtering End User Analytical Interface Must support advanced data modeling and data presentation tools Data analysis tools Query generation Must Allow the User to Navigate through the DSS Size Requirements VERY Large – Terabytes Advanced Hardware (Multiple processors‚ multiple disk arrays‚ etc.) Data Warehouse Definition: Integrated‚ Subject-Oriented‚ Time-Variant
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Data Mining Project – Dogs Race Prediction Motivation Gambling is very popular in the Republic of Ireland‚ weather is online or not‚ more people are joining gambling communities formed all over the Island of Ireland. The majority of these communities are involved in horse races related gambling and other sports‚ but there is a significant amount of people dedicated to dogs races. This is a multimillion Euro industry developed on-line and live or face to face. Objective There are many websites
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Introduction to Data Mining Assignment 1 Ex1.1 what is data mining? (a) Is it another hype? Data mining is Knowledge extraction from data this 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. So‚ data mining definitely is not another hype it can be viewed as the result of the natural evolution of information technology. (b) Is it a simple transformation of technology developed
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where The analysis of platinum industry based on Porter’s Five Forces model reflect the extent to which the bargaining power of suppliers is limited since there are number of contracting companies providing goods and services to the few platinum mines. However there’s high level of entry barriers in the market due to the large capital investment required to establish the platinum mine with limited access to platinum as the resources. There’s relative low threat of substitute in this industry. in
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