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Define data
mining. Why are there many different names and definitions for data mining?
Data mining is the process
through which previously unknown patterns in data were discovered. Another definition
would be “a process that uses statistical, mathematical, artificial
intelligence, and machine learning techniques to extract and identify useful
information and subsequent knowledge from large databases.” This includes most
types of automated data analysis. A third definition: Data mining is the
process of finding mathematical patterns from (usually) large sets of data;
these can be rules, affinities, correlations, trends, or prediction models.
Data mining has many definitions
because it’s been stretched beyond those limits by some software vendors to
include most forms of data analysis in order to increase sales using the
popularity of data mining.
