Handbook of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications

Chapter 1

The Background for Data Mining Practice

OUTLINE

Preamble

A Short History of Statisticsand Data Mining

Modern Statistics: A Duality?

Two Views of Reality

The Rise of Modern Statistical Analysis: The Second Generation

Machine Learning Methods:The Third Generation

Statistical Learning Theory:The Fourth Generation

Postscript

Preamble

You must be interested in learning how to practice data mining; otherwise, you would not be reading this book. We know that there are many books available that will give a good introduction to the process of data mining. Most books on data mining focus on the features and functions of various data mining tools or algorithms. Some books do focus on the challenges of performing data mining tasks. This book ...