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Handbook of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications
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Handbook of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications

by Robert Nisbet, John Elder, Gary Miner
May 2009
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
864 pages
23h 13m
English
Elsevier Science
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Chapter 11

Classification

Preamble

The first general set of data mining applications predicts to which category of the target variable each case belongs. This grouping activity is called classification.

What is Classification?

Classification is the operation of separating various entities into several classes. These classes can be defined by business rules, class boundaries, or some mathematical function. The classification operation may be based on a relationship between a known class assignment and characteristics ...

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ISBN: 9780080912035