Searching for Patterns: How We Can Know Without Asking - Couverture souple

Chesney, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1904761240 ISBN 13 : 9781904761242

Editeur : Nottingham University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Data mining is about finding patterns hidden inside data. It's how the supermarket knows when your kids leave home or when your granny comes to visit; it's how the credit card company detects fraud and how your insurance company decides whether to cover you. Searching For Patterns guides you through the techniques used to do this and the people behind them, in an easily accessible and entertaining way. Data mining is mathematical, but all the maths in this book has been kept separate from the main text, so you can skip it if you want. Data mining technologies have a wide range of applications from an online bookseller recommending a new book to an existing customer, to an autopilot flying a plane. The book does not shy away from the complexities involved, but explains them in a straightforward and understandable fashion. Search for Patterns guides us through the tools and techniques that can be used to get to know things about people without having to ask. Also included is a review of the ethics involved in data mining.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Thomas Chesneyis a member of the Association for Information Systems, the author of Competitive Information in Small Businesses, and the coauthor of Principle of Business Information Systems.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nottingham University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1904761240
• ISBN 13: 9781904761242
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 162
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible