内容简介
Theincreasingvolumeofdatainmodernbusinessandsciencecallsformorecomplexandsophisticatedtools.Althoughadvancesindataminingtechnologyhavemadeextensivedatacollectionmucheasier,it'sstillalwaysevolvingandthereisaconstantneedfornewtechniquesandtoolsthatcanhelpustransformthisdataintousefulinformationandknowledge.Sincethepreviousedition'spublication,greatadvanceshavebeenmadeinthefieldofdatamining.Notonlydoesthethirdofeditionof"DataMining:ConceptsandTechniques"continuethetraditionofequippingyouwithanunderstandingandapplicationofthetheoryandpracticeofdiscoveringpatternshiddeninlargedatasets,italsofocusesonnew,importanttopicsinthefield:datawarehousesanddatacubetechnology,miningstream,miningsocialnetworks,andminingspatial,multimediaandothercomplexdata.Eachchapterisastand-aloneguidetoacriticaltopic,presentingprovenalgorithmsandsoundimplementationsreadytobeuseddirectlyorwithstrategicmodificationagainstlivedata.Thisistheresourceyouneedifyouwanttoapplytoday'smostpowerfuldataminingtechniquestomeetrealbusinesschallenges.Itpresentsdozensofalgorithmsandimplementationexamples,allinpseudo-codeandsuitableforuseinreal-world,large-scaledataminingprojects.Itaddressesadvancedtopicssuchasminingobject-relationaldatabases,spatialdatabases,multimediadatabases,time-seriesdatabases,textdatabases,theWorldWideWeb,andapplicationsinseveralfields.Itprovidesacomprehensive,practicallookattheconceptsandtechniquesyouneedtogetthemostoutofyourdata.
作者简介
JiaweiHanisProfessorintheDepartmentofComputerScienceattheUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign.Wellknownforhisresearchintheareasofdatamininganddatabasesystems,hehasreceivedmanyawardsforhiscontributionsinthefield,includingthe2004ACMSIGKDDInnovationsAward.HehasservedasEditor-in-ChiefofACMTransactionsonKnowledgeDiscoveryfromData,andoneditorialboardsofseveraljournals,includingIEEETransactionsonKnowledgeandDataEngineeringandDataMiningandKnowledgeDiscovery.MichelineKamberisaresearcherwithapassionforwritingineasy-to-understandterms.Shehasamaster'sdegreeincomputerscience(specializinginartificialintelligence)fromConcordiaUniversity,Canada.JianPeiisAssociateProfessorofComputingScienceandthedirectorofCollaborativeResearchandIndustryRelationsattheSchoolofComputingScienceatSimonFraserUniversity,Canada.In2002-2004,hewasanAssistantProfessorofComputerScienceandEngineeringattheStateUniversityofNewYork(SUNY)atBuffalo.HereceivedaPh.D.degreeinComputingSciencefromSimonFraserUniversityin2002,underDr.JiaweiHan'ssupervision.