Mining Imperfect Data: Dealing with Contamination and Incomplete Records - Softcover

Pearson, Ronald K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898715822 ISBN 13: 9780898715828

Publisher: SIAM: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2005

Synopsis

This book thoroughly discusses the varying problems that occur in data mining, including their sources, consequences, detection, and treatment. Specific strategies for data pretreatment and analytical validation that are broadly applicable are described, making them useful in conjunction with most data mining analysis methods. Examples illustrate the performance of the pretreatment and validation methods in a variety of situations. The book, which deals with a wider range of data anomalies than are usually treated, includes a discussion of detecting anomalies through generalized sensitivity analysis (GSA), a process of identifying inconsistencies using systematic and extensive comparisons of results obtained by analysis of exchangeable datasets or subsets. Real data is made extensive use of, both in the form of a detailed analysis of a few real datasets and various published examples. A succinct introduction to functional equations illustrates their utility in describing various forms of qualitative behavior for useful data characterizations.

About this title

Book Description

Data mining is concerned with the analysis of databases large enough that various anomalies, including outliers, incomplete data records, and more subtle phenomena such as misalignment errors, are virtually certain to be present. This book describes in detail a number of these problems including their sources, consequences, detection and treatment.

About the Author

Ronald K. Pearson is Senior Scientist with ProSanos Corporation and holds an adjunct faculty position at Jefferson Medical College. His primary research interests are in the areas of nonlinear discrete-time dynamical models, exploratory data analysis, and nonlinear digital signal processing. He is author of the book Discrete-Time Dynamic Models (Oxford Universtiy Press, 1999) and coauthor of the book Identification and Control Using Volterra Models (Springer, 2001). He has published three encyclopedia articles and approximately 100 journal and conference papers.

Edition details

• Publisher: SIAM: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0898715822
• ISBN 13: 9780898715828
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 184