Mining Very Large Databases with Parallel Processing (Advances in Database Systems) [Hardcover]

Alex A. Freitas (Author), Simon H. Lavington (Author)

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Publication Date: November 30, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0792380487 | ISBN-13: 978-0792380481 | Edition: 1st

Mining Very Large Databases with Parallel Processing addresses the problem of large-scale data mining. It is an interdisciplinary text, describing advances in the integration of three computer science areas, namely `intelligent' (machine learning-based) data mining techniques, relational databases and parallel processing. The basic idea is to use concepts and techniques of the latter two areas - particularly parallel processing - to speed up and scale up data mining algorithms. The book is divided into three parts. The first part presents a comprehensive review of intelligent data mining techniques such as rule induction, instance-based learning, neural networks and genetic algorithms. Likewise, the second part presents a comprehensive review of parallel processing and parallel databases. Each of these parts includes an overview of commercially-available, state-of-the-art tools. The third part deals with the application of parallel processing to data mining. The emphasis is on finding generic, cost-effective solutions for realistic data volumes. Two parallel computational environments are discussed, the first excluding the use of commercial-strength DBMS, and the second using parallel DBMS servers. It is assumed that the reader has a knowledge roughly equivalent to a first degree (BSc) in accurate sciences, so that (s)he is reasonably familiar with basic concepts of statistics and computer science. The primary audience for Mining Very Large Databases with Parallel Processing is industry data miners and practitioners in general, who would like to apply intelligent data mining techniques to large amounts of data. The book will also be of interest to academic researchers and postgraduate students, particularly database researchers, interested in advanced, intelligent database applications, and artificial intelligence researchers interested in industrial, real-world applications of machine learning.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 228 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (November 30, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0792380487
• ISBN-13: 978-0792380481
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,845,644 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Finally, multi-disciplinary book on multi-disciplinary field, December 30, 1999

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That's well known that data mining is a multi-disciplinary field. Mining large volumes of data, and discovering knowledge from databases, takes the advances in artificial intelligence, databases, computer architectures, artificial neural networks, etc. While most books on data mining focus on one or another of these areas, this is a trullly multi-disciplinary book. Prof. PhD. Alex Freitas has worked with data mining, parallel processing, and machine learning at University of Essex (UK), and currently at PUC-PR (Brazil). This book presents such work.