Knowledge discovery and data mining: towards a unifying framework

Abstract

This paper presents a first step towards a unifying framework for Knowledge Discovery in Databases. We describe links between data mining, knowledge discovery, and other related fields. We then define the KDD process and basic data mining algorithms, discuss application issues and conclude with an analysis of challenges facing practitioners in the field. keywords: Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD), Data mining, overview article, large databases, automated analysis, issues and challenges in data mining. To appear: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD-96), Portland, Oregon, August 2-4, 1996, AAAI Press. http://wwwaig. jpl.nasa.gov/kdd96 Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining: Towards a Unifying Framework Usama Fayyad Microsoft Research One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052, USA fayyad@microsoft.com Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro GTE Laboratories, MS 44 Waltham, MA 02154, USA gps@gte.com Padhraic Smyth Information and Computer S...