Synopsis
Packed with more than forty percent new and updated material, this edition shows business managers, marketing analysts, and data mining specialists how to harness fundamental data mining methods and techniques to solve common types of business problems Each chapter covers a new data mining technique, and then shows readers how to apply the technique for improved marketing, sales, and customer support The authors build on their reputation for concise, clear, and practical explanations of complex concepts, making this book the perfect introduction to data mining More advanced chapters cover such topics as how to prepare data for analysis and how to create the necessary infrastructure for data mining Covers core data mining techniques, including decision trees, neural networks, collaborative filtering, association rules, link analysis, clustering, and survival analysis
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From the Publisher
With data mining, companies can analyze customers' past behaviors in order to make strategic decisions for the future. This book is a practical guide to mining business data to help marketers and business managers focus their marketing and sales strategies. It explains how each mining technique works and what kinds of business problems each one can solve.
About the Author
MICHAEL J. A. BERRY and GORDON LINOFF are principals at MRJ Technology Solutions, a Pennsylvania-based firm specializing in data warehousing and data mining for business applications. They also conduct seminars on data mining for Fortune 100 companies.
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