Data mining

Sometimes the term data mining refers to the step in which the data mining algorithms are applied.Next, the data will be transformed into a form appropriate for mining.Two disciplines closely related to data mining are information retrieval and text mining.The relationship between information retrieval and data mining techniques has been complementary.Some of the methods used in text mining are essentially the same methods used in data mining.Data mining is a synonym for knowledge discovery.Boyd, R.S. (2006, February 2) . Data mining tells government and business a lot about you.Dunham, M.H. (2003) . Data mining introductory and advanced topics.(2004, May 4) . Data Mining: Federal Efforts Cover a Wide Range of Uses (GAO-04-548) .Hearst, M. (1999, June) . Untangling Text Data Mining.