Chapter 11

Genre Section 3—Knowledge: Its Acquisition, Representation, and Use

Purpose

The practical purpose of this chapter is to present data mining methods for inferring knowledge from data, and embedding it in decision support applications. The issue of uncertainty in reasoning systems will be addressed, and a proven protocol for conducting knowledge acquisition from domain experts will be presented.

Goals

After you have read this chapter, you will understand the fundamentals of using data mining methods to develop applications for both structural ...

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