Possible Users for Data Mining

Data mining (sometimes called data or knowledge discovery) is the use of automated tools to examine and analyze data that has been stored in a database in order to find new, previously unknown relationships. Pilot Software's White Paper (1998) explains the origin of the term as follows: "Data mining derives its name from the similarities between searching for valuable business information in a large database...and mining a mountain for a vein of valuable ore. Both …

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