Data Mining, Down Under

Here’s an interesting read. Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists takes a look at just how much information we can extract from publicly available data such as Amazon.com’s Wish List service. The wish list allows a user to bookmark items they would like either by coming back and purchase at a later date [...]

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Dont forget to read the other KDnuggets interviews with Usama Fayyad: Part 2: his Data Mining work at Yahoo! Part 3: his interests, hobbies and outlook for the future, including this gem: “Any smart young (and good) data miners out there: I think I can keep you very busy indeed!”

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