Intelligent Data Mining Assistance

Nowadays, decision makers in competitive and diverse
business sectors must make informed decisions about
strategic problems. Such problems are often complex
enough to warrant the use of sophisticated analytical
methods for their resolution (i.e. forecasting,
classification, etc.). Having borrowed from the
myriad of techniques and models available from the
areas of machine learning and statistics, data mining
(DM) has become a very specialized field.
Consequently, the effective application of DM is
littered with many difficult and technical decisions
(i.e. data cleansing, feature transformations,
algorithm and parameter selection, model evaluation).
Most data mining products provide a large number of
models and tools, but few provide "intelligent"
assistance. Moreover, research seems to be based on
utterly specialized DM techniques, rather than
focusing on strategic, methodological, and even
epistemological aspects of DM. As a result, the
following work attempts to verify if the use of a
case-based reasoning system and other AI techniques
will provide an adequate environment for the reuse of
data mining knowledge with the intention of better
supporting the decision making process.

Autorentext

is a Systems Analyst specializing in the development of BusinessIntelligence, Data Warehousing and Data Mining applications atthe University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres, Canada. MichelCharest holds an M.Sc. degree in Applied Mathematics and ComputerScience and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering.

Klappentext

Nowadays, decision makers in competitive and diversebusiness sectors must make informed decisions aboutstrategic problems. Such problems are often complexenough to warrant the use of sophisticated analyticalmethods for their resolution (i.e. forecasting,classification, etc.). Having borrowed from themyriad of techniques and models available from theareas of machine learning and statistics, data mining(DM) has become a very specialized field.Consequently, the effective application of DM islittered with many difficult and technical decisions(i.e. data cleansing, feature transformations,algorithm and parameter selection, model evaluation).Most data mining products provide a large number ofmodels and tools, but few provide "intelligent"assistance. Moreover, research seems to be based onutterly specialized DM techniques, rather thanfocusing on strategic, methodological, and evenepistemological aspects of DM. As a result, thefollowing work attempts to verify if the use of acase-based reasoning system and other AI techniqueswill provide an adequate environment for the reuse ofdata mining knowledge with the intention of bettersupporting the decision making process.