March 2003
Beginner to intermediate
688 pages
15h 53m
English
In this section, we introduce the proposed data model, XDM (XML for Data Mining). We first show the basic idea that is behind a knowledge discovery process conducted through XDM; then we illustrate, by means of several examples, how XDM can be effectively used.
Past experience shows that data-mining tasks should be supported by a database system for several reasons. The first one is that data come from large databases and are often stored in data warehouses. The second reason is that if data-mining tasks are supported by a database, it helps to keep track of the intermediate and final results of the knowledge discovery process.
Nevertheless, the database support need not be necessarily ...
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