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data mining

Analysis of data in a database using tools which look for trends or anomalies without knowledge of the meaning of the data. Data mining was invented by IBM who hold some related patents.

Data mining may well be done on a data warehouse.

ShowCase STRATEGY is an example of a data mining tool.

Last updated: 2001-02-08

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