It’s time to industrialize analytics
There's a lot of talk about advanced analytics these days - the use of data mining and predictive analytics is…
Data Mining: A new weapon in the fight against Medicaid fraud
On Friday July 16, US Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sibelius arrived in…
Why Questions are Becoming More and More Popular in the Social Realm
Yahoo! Answers and Answers.com have been around since 2005. But community question answering (as distinct from question answering using natural…
8 data mining social networks with more than 2,000 members
Advanced Business Analytics, Data Advanced Business Analytics, Data Mining and Predictive Modeling Business analytics, predictive modeling, data mining, web analytics,…
Nine Really Simple Segmentation Strategies
Segmentation can be as important as any other component of message development. While most segmentation requires some preference data there…
Worst Practices in Data Mining
I recently read the article Worst practices in business forecasting written by Michael Gilliland and Udo Sglavo. It is published…
Implications of the Organization of Data
It’s no surprise that the amount of data and information that exists - much less is becoming increasingly available -…
Smart systems, dumb ones, and privacy
Everywhere I talk about the Numerati, I find people worrying about the erosion of personal privacy. This post is about…
Guest post: Why Google TV Could Destroy Nielsen’s Data
It’s my pleasure to welcome Daniel Cawrey for this guest post on Data Mining Research. He has written an interesting…
Data mining competition: HIV progression
Kaggle, a data-prediction company, is inviting numerati the world over to mine a small set of data and predict patterns…
