Data Mining, Down Under

Some really good advice here from John Elder in a series of video tutorials on data mining mistakes to avoid. Tip #5, regarding contaminating the project with future data is a good one, although sometimes it can be quite tricky (if not impossible) to ‘rewind’ the data! I believe the video series is a part [...]

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Rapid-I has released an new and improved version of the open source data mining suite RapidMiner (formely called YALE).  I’ve been evaluating RapidMiner lately as a possible addition to my data mining toolbox.  I’ve found the biggest hurdle in learning how to use it is probably the GUI.  It is a tree-based GUI which I [...]

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Thomas A. Rathburn has written a series of three articles on data mining the financial markets. Rathburn takes a detailed look into the success and failures of his efforts in the markets and with 10 year US bonds in particular. You can check it out here part 1, part 2, and part 3. The articles [...]

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The guys from Juice Analytics have put together an interesting series on in cell graphing (parts 1, 2, & 3). This is a feature that is due in the upcoming version of Excel 2007, however the technique the Juice guys use works across all versions of Excel and is quite visually appealing too. Added bonus, [...]

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If you are interested in data mining and haven’t already seen the Oracle Data Mining and Analytics blog, it is worth checking out. It has some great how to’s, including time series forcasting (parts 1, 2, 3) and real-time scoring & model management (parts 1, 2, 3).

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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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In the latest issue of KDnuggets News Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro talks to Usama Fayyad in an interview series covering his time at Yahoo, data mining challenges, data mining start-up DigiMine, the resulting spin-off consulting company DMX Group and consulting lessons. I have to say, what a great interview. Fayyad points to lessons on data stratergy, consulting [...]

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