Publisher Morgan Kaufmann Author(s) Micheline Kamber  
Whether you are a seasoned professional or a new student of data mining, this book has much to offer you: * A comprehensive, practical look at the concepts and techniques you need to know to get the most out of real business data. * Updates that incorporate input from readers, changes in the field, and more material on statistics and machine learning. * Dozens of algorithms and implementation examples, all in easily understood pseudo-code and suitable for use in real-world, large-scale data mining projects. * Complete classroom support for instructors at www.mkp.com/datamining2e companion site.

Publisher Springer-Verlag Author(s) Dursun Delen  
This book covers the fundamental concepts of data mining, to demonstrate the potential of gathering large sets of data, and analyzing these data sets to gain useful business understanding. The book is organized in three parts. Part I introduces concepts. Part II describes and demonstrates basic data mining algorithms. It also contains chapters on a number of different techniques often used in data mining. Part III focusses on business applications of data mining. Methods are presented with simple examples, applications are reviewed, and relativ advantages are evaluated.