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  2. Data mining - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Data mining is the process of extracting and discovering patterns in large data sets involving methods at the intersection of machine learning, statistics, and database systems. [1] Data mining is an interdisciplinary subfield of computer science and statistics with an overall goal of extracting information (with intelligent methods) from ...

  3. Decision tree learning - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Decision tree learning is a supervised learning approach used in statistics, data mining and machine learning. In this formalism, a classification or regression decision tree is used as a predictive model to draw conclusions about a set of observations. Tree models where the target variable can take a discrete set of values are called ...

  4. k-nearest neighbors algorithm - Wikipedia

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    k. -nearest neighbors algorithm. In statistics, the k-nearest neighbors algorithm ( k-NN) is a non-parametric supervised learning method first developed by Evelyn Fix and Joseph Hodges in 1951, [1] and later expanded by Thomas Cover. [2] It is used for classification and regression. In both cases, the input consists of the k closest training ...

  5. Examples of data mining - Wikipedia

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    In business, data mining is the analysis of historical business activities, stored as static data in data warehouse databases. The goal is to reveal hidden patterns and trends. Data mining software uses advanced pattern recognition algorithms to sift through large amounts of data to assist in discovering previously unknown strategic business ...

  6. Hierarchical clustering - Wikipedia

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    Machine learningand data mining. In data mining and statistics, hierarchical clustering (also called hierarchical cluster analysis or HCA) is a method of cluster analysis that seeks to build a hierarchy of clusters. Strategies for hierarchical clustering generally fall into two categories:

  7. Naive Bayes classifier - Wikipedia

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    Example of a naive Bayes classifier depicted as a Bayesian Network. In statistics, naive Bayes classifiers are a family of linear "probabilistic classifiers" which assumes that the features are conditionally independent, given the target class. The strength (naivety) of this assumption is what gives the classifier its name.

  8. Cluster analysis - Wikipedia

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    Cluster analysis or clustering is the task of grouping a set of objects in such a way that objects in the same group (called a cluster) are more similar (in some specific sense defined by the analyst) to each other than to those in other groups (clusters). It is a main task of exploratory data analysis, and a common technique for statistical ...

  9. Statistical classification - Wikipedia

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    Statistical classification. In statistics, classification is the problem of identifying which of a set of categories (sub-populations) an observation (or observations) belongs to. Examples are assigning a given email to the "spam" or "non-spam" class, and assigning a diagnosis to a given patient based on observed characteristics of the patient ...