Data Mining Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques

Synopsis

Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques, Third Edition, offers a thorough grounding in machine learning concepts as well as practical advice on applying machine learning tools and techniques in real-world data mining situations. This highly anticipated third edition of the most acclaimed work on data mining and machine learning will teach you everything you need to know about preparing inputs, interpreting outputs, evaluating results, and the algorithmic methods at the heart of successful data mining.
Thorough updates reflect the technical changes and modernizations that have taken place in the field since the last edition, including new material on Data Transformations, Ensemble Learning, Massive Data Sets, Multi-instance Learning, plus a new version of the popular Weka machine learning software developed by the authors. Witten, Frank, and Hall include both tried-and-true techniques of today as well as methods at the leading edge of contemporary research.
The book is targeted at information systems practitioners, programmers, consultants, developers, information technology managers, specification writers, data analysts, data modelers, database R&D professionals, data warehouse engineers, data mining professionals. The book will also be useful for professors and students of upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level data mining and machine learning courses who want to incorporate data mining as part of their data management knowledge base and expertise.

- Provides a thorough grounding in machine learning concepts as well as practical advice on applying the tools and techniques to your data mining projects
- Offers concrete tips and techniques for performance improvement that work by transforming the input or output in machine learning methods
- Includes downloadable Weka software toolkit, a collection of machine learning algorithms for data mining tasks—in an updated, interactive interface. Algorithms in toolkit cover: data pre-processing, classification, regression, clustering, association rules, visualization

Book details

Edition:

3

Series:

Morgan Kaufmann Series In Data Management System

Author:

Ian H. Witten, Eibe Frank, Mark A. Hall

ISBN:

9780080890364

Related ISBNs:

9780123748560

Publisher:

Morgan Kaufmann Publishers

Pages:

664

Reading age:

Not specified

Includes images:

Yes

Date of addition:

2024-10-25

Usage restrictions:

Copyright

Copyright date:

2011

Copyright by:

Elsevier Science & Technology 

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Categories:

Computers and Internet, Nonfiction