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Introduction to Data, Data Patterns, and Data Mining
Data mining aims at discovering useful data patterns from massive amounts of data. In this chapter, we give some examples of data sets and use these data sets to illustrate various types of data variables and data patterns that can be discovered from data. Data mining algorithms to discover each type of data patterns are briefly introduced in this chapter. The concepts of training and testing data are also introduced.
1.1 Examples of Small Data Sets
Advanced technologies such as computers and sensors have enabled many activities to be recorded and stored over time, producing massive amounts of data in many fields. In this section, we introduce some examples of small data sets ...
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