Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques, Second Edition (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data ...26 reviews Ian H. Witten, Eibe Frank Morgan Kaufmann, 2005 Thorough, well-written, and crystal-clear explanations. Highly recommend this book for a practical introduction to the theory and applications of Machine Learning. Great book if you are looking to ACTUALLY implement some machine learning systems, prefer to learn via diagrams, a "how-stuff-works"-style explanation, and skip much of the equations and ...             Text Mining: Predictive Methods for Analyzing Unstructured Information5 reviews Sholom Weiss, Nitin Indurkhya, ... Springer, 2004 An excellent introduction + Great introduction book of text mining + an idiot savant, statistical viewpoint + Very Good Intro Book             Data Mining Cookbook: Modeling Data for Marketing, Risk and Customer Relationship Management14 reviews Olivia Parr Rud Wiley, 2000 Predictive Modeling Methodology For The Non-Statistical! + nice book + Practical and Powerful + The True Data Mining Cookbook             Data Mining and Business Intelligence: A Guide to Productivity5 reviews Stephan Kudyba, Richard Hoptroff IGI Global, 2001 Data Mining and Business Intelligence + This is the one. + Give it a shot, you won't regret it! + K & H have hit the nail on the head with this book! + Jeff Nicola, Business Strategy Consultant             Data Mining Explained: A Manager's Guide to Customer-Centric Business Intelligence2 reviews Rhonda Delmater, Jr., Monte Hancock Digital Press, 2001 Easier than technical DM books but more informative than business books Much data mining literature is aimed either at marketers who do not even aspire to understand what the technology does, or technical practitioners who have graduate-level knowledge of math, computer science, and statistics. Data Mining Explained manages to straddle this fence, combining the ...             Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)29 reviews Jiawei Han, Micheline Kamber Morgan Kaufmann, 2000 Great book for data mining + efficient, if technically a bit shallow + Good introduction on Data Mining + Augustine Nsang: Data Mining Book Purchase             Data Preparation for Data Mining (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)11 reviews Dorian Pyle Morgan Kaufmann, 1999 The best book on this subject + Still very much worth reading in 2007 + Excellent book + Must read book for data mining + Excellent book; a must for those who do data mining.             Data Mining: Introductory and Advanced Topics3 reviews Margaret H. Dunham Prentice Hall, 2002 clarity in exposition + Good introductory survey to various technologies + Good book for those interested in Data Mining, Machine Learn Dunham gives a clear explanation of the main ideas in data mining. It's a concise book, directed towards the researcher or programmer. Space considerations meant that some topics are only briefly but succinctly covered, like fuzzy logic. More details are provided about neural networks, genetic ...             Investigative Data Mining for Security and Criminal Detection, First Edition8 reviews Jesus Mena Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003 Alternative Methodologies + Data Mining, plain and easy + When on-message, an excellent intro to data mining Are you interested in IDS's? If yes, perhaps you may already know that there are two main kinds of IDS's: based on "known bad behavior or abuse" or based on "behavior deviation". The first kind is very well known after several popular implementations like SNORT.On the plus side they are not ...             Oracle Data Mining: Mining Gold from Your Warehouse (Oracle In-Focus series) Dr. Carolyn Hamm Rampant Techpress, 2007 Targeting the data warehouse professional, this book provides tips on how to glean hidden trends and correlations from terabytes of Oracle data using proven tools such as SAS and ODM. Instructions for performing complex predictive analysis are also included.             Web Data Mining and Applications in Business Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism10 reviews Bhavani Thuraisingham CRC, 2003 Excellent overview + Excellent overview + Timely and useful While there is somne repetition, this book provides an excellent overview of data mining and its applications to counter-terrorism. My only comment is that the book could have had a better introduction to counter-terrorism. Nevertheless the book will be very useful to anyone who wants to understand ...             Business Modeling and Data Mining (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)4 reviews Dorian Pyle Morgan Kaufmann, 2003 Using data to solve busines problems + Great book + Wonderful Book A must have for any data miner that takes his profession seriously. Already a classic. Business modeling and data mining are carefully separated, as they should be. This crucial distinction has greatly enlightened my view on business problems. First discover the framework for the business problem, ...             How to Build a Business Rules Engine: Extending Application Functionality through Metadata Engineering (The ...6 reviews Malcolm Chisholm Morgan Kaufmann, 2003 Pragmatic Advice from an Experienced Practitioner + excellent technology primer for this subject area + Great book ! It is refreshing to see a book (like mine, Enterprise Knowledge Integrity - The Data Qualtiy Approach) that not only discusses the value of formalizing business rules, but also describes how to make those rules actionable. The fundamental approach described in this book provides great detail for ...             Data Mining Techniques: For Marketing, Sales, and Customer Relationship Management28 reviews Michael J. A. Berry, Gordon S. Linoff *Wiley Computer Publishing, 2004 Excellent introduction + Excellent book for Data Mining + Very Interesting book + A must-have book for your technical library             Data Mining Your Website6 reviews Jesus Mena Digital Press, 1999 Data Mining + Immediately Useful + Urgent contact Case Study and Methodology for the Data Minin             Encyclopedia of Data Warehousing and Mining1 review Idea Group Publishing, 2005 Useful for gaining entry into the literature I'm not entirely sure why I'm bothering to write this review, since at $500, only corporate and academic libraries can afford to buy this set of books. Well, anyway, it's hard to rate a book like this. It's not really an encyclopedia, despite the title. It's more like a crash-course on the ...             Data Mining Explained: A Manager's Guide to Customer-Centric Business Intelligence2 reviews Rhonda Delmater, Jr., Monte Hancock Digital Press, 2001 Easier than technical DM books but more informative than business books Much data mining literature is aimed either at marketers who do not even aspire to understand what the technology does, or technical practitioners who have graduate-level knowledge of math, computer science, and statistics. Data Mining Explained manages to straddle this fence, combining the ...             Data Mining and Business Intelligence: A Guide to Productivity5 reviews Stephan Kudyba, Richard Hoptroff IGI Global, 2001 Data Mining and Business Intelligence + This is the one. + Give it a shot, you won't regret it! + K & H have hit the nail on the head with this book! + Jeff Nicola, Business Strategy Consultant             Data Mining Cookbook: Modeling Data for Marketing, Risk and Customer Relationship Management14 reviews Olivia Parr Rud Wiley, 2000 Predictive Modeling Methodology For The Non-Statistical! + nice book + Practical and Powerful + The True Data Mining Cookbook             Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)29 reviews Jiawei Han, Micheline Kamber Morgan Kaufmann, 2000 Great book for data mining + efficient, if technically a bit shallow + Good introduction on Data Mining + Augustine Nsang: Data Mining Book Purchase