data-mining

Algorithmic knowledge discovery

Data-mining is the process of analyzing large datasets to discover patterns, correlations, or useful information.

In business and science, it extracts insights from raw data: Data-mining revealed that customers who bought diapers often bought beer.

The term sometimes carries negative connotations when it involves harvesting personal information without clear consent: The app was caught data-mining users' contact lists.

techniques

classification

Systematic grouping by traits

k-means

process

extraction

Act of removing

ETL · integration · querying · normalization · sampling · validation · cross-validation · evaluation · deployment · iteration

patterns

cluster

Gathered group nearby

outlier · correlation · sequence · rule · deviation · seasonality · periodicity · co-occurrence · dependency · hierarchy

infrastructure

dataset

Organized collection of information

  • HadoopOpen-source cluster framework
  • NoSQLSchema-free database systems
  • databaseOrganized digital information collection

SQL · Python · R · SAS · Orange · TensorFlow · scalability · streaming

applications

bioinformatics

Computational analysis of genetic data

Opposites
research methodology

data-miningethnography

Systematic study of peoples

fieldwork · close reading · field research · interviewing

information handling approach

data-miningdata collection

Systematic accumulation of facts

primary research · experimental design

data philosophy

data-miningdata protection

Securing sensitive information

data privacy · data encryption · information security

Family

mine, data, mining, minerals, miners, datum, mineralogy, minable, data mining

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