Data Mining Applications with R - Hardcover

Zhao PhD, Yanchang; Cen, Yonghua

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9780124115118: Data Mining Applications with R

Synopsis

Data Mining Applications with R is a great resource for researchers and professionals to understand the wide use of R, a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics, in solving different problems in industry. R is widely used in leveraging data mining techniques across many different industries, including government, finance, insurance, medicine, scientific research and more.

This book presents 15 different real-world case studies illustrating various techniques in rapidly growing areas. It is an ideal companion for data mining researchers in academia and industry looking for ways to turn this versatile software into a powerful analytic tool. The book

  • Helps data miners to learn to use R in their specific area of work and see how R can apply in different industries
  • Presents various case studies in real-world applications, which will help readers to apply the techniques in their work
  • Provides code examples and sample data for readers to easily learn the techniques by running the code by themselves
R code, Data and color figures for the book are provided at the RDataMining.com website.

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About the Author

Dr. Yanchang Zhao is a Senior Data Mining Specialist in Australian public sector. Before joining public sector, he was an Australian Postdoctoral Fellow (Industry) at University of Technology, Sydney from 2007 to 2009. He is the founder of the RDataMining.com website and an RDataMining Group on LinkedIn. He has rich experience in R and data mining. He started his research on data mining since 2001 and has been applying data mining in real-world business applications since 2006. He has over 50 publications on data mining research and applications, including three books. He is a senior member of IEEE, and has been a Program Chair of the Australasian Data Mining Conference (AusDM 2012 & 2013) and a program committee member for more than 50 academic conferences.

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Data Mining Applications with R is a great resource for researchers and professionals to understand the wide use of R in solving different problems in industry. Fifteen different real world case studies in hot topic areas are presented offering various techniques from experts in the field. With R becoming the most popular and widely used statistical software in learning data mining techniques across many different industries, this book is an essential resource for data mining researchers in academia and industry looking for ways to turn this versatile software into a powerful analytic tool.

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9789351072188: Elsevier India Data Mining Applications with R

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ISBN 10:  9351072185 ISBN 13:  9789351072188
Publisher: Elsevier India, 2014
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