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Chapter 1
Introduction
Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson and Corlane Barclay
Abstract: Knowledge is a key organizational resource and it is, therefore, no surprise
that the methods to expose, engage, and harness this key resource have been grow-
ing, particularly in the highly competitive and data-rich contexts of recent years.
Recently, the Rexer Analytics Data Miner 2013 Survey (Rexer 2013) reported that
85% of over 1250 data miners across 75 countries foresaw increases in the number
of data mining projects. is survey also reported that such projects often face
multiple challenges, including the continued low rate of deployment of the result-
ing mode ...