Data Mining: Concepts, Models, Methods, and Algorithms

"...a very readable and up-to-date introduction to data mining..." (Quality & Reliability Engineering International, Vol. 21 (4) June 2005) "...suitable for a graduate level course in data mining...I enjoyed reading this book and recommend it highly." (Journal of Statistical Computation & Simulation, April 2004) "...clear and well understandable...recommended as basic guidance...practitioners will profit from the author's long experience..." (Zentralblatt Math, Vol. 1027, 2004) "...reviews state-of-the-art techniques for analyzing enormous quantities of raw data..." (Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, Vol. LXI, No. 3, September 2003) "...a valuable book... I truly enjoyed reading the book and I am glad to recommend it to anyone working in this fascinating field." (IIE Transactions) "...detailed, well illustrated, and easy to understand...comprehensive...a good book..." (Mathematical Reviews 2003h) "...this is probably the first data-mining book that I would select from my bookshelf as reading material for a statistician..." (Technometrics, Vol. 45, No. 3, August 2003)