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Oracle Data Mining $19.95

ISBN
0-9744486-3-X

ISBN 13
978-0974448633
Library of Congress Number: 2006934081
192 pages
Perfect bind - 9x7
PD 1207
Shelving: Database/Oracle Oracle In-focus Series # 25

Oracle Data Mining
Mining Gold from your Warehouse

Dr. Carolyn K. Hamm                Retail Price $39.95 / Ŗ29.95

Key Features About the Author Table of Contents
Index Topics    

- Includes Oracle10g!
- Get immediate access to working code examples

Praise from Oracle Corporation:

Dr. Hamm's book, "Oracle Data Mining, Mining Gold from your Warehouse" provides an easy to read, step-by-step, practical guide for learning about data mining using Oracle Data Mining. It is a must read for anyone looking to harvest insights, predictions and valuable new information from their Oracle data.

Charles Berger
Senior Director of Product Management,
Life & Health Sciences Industries and Data Mining Technologies
Oracle Corporation


Oracle experts know that data mining is one of the most complex and challenging areas of any data warehouse.

In this concise book, Dr. Carolyn Hamm shares the secrets for success in data mining. Using proven techniques and approaches, Dr. Hamm explains how to perform complex predictive analysis without having a PhD in multivariate statistics.

This indispensable book show how to glean hidden trends and correlations from terabytes of Oracle data, using proven tools such as SAS and ODM.

Targeted at the data warehouse professional, Dr. Hamm explains the complex concepts in plain English and give you a framework to help you get started fast.

Your time savings from a single tip is worth the price of this great book.

Key Features

* Learn tricks for creating user-defined cohorts and classifications

* Understand how to use SAS with Oracle data

* See how to create predictive models with Oracle Data Mining (ODM)

* Get examples of Oracle Support Vector Machines (SVM)

* Learn to use ODM for linear regression

* Discover unobtrusive trends with multivariate analysis

* See how the ODM classification model simplifies multivariate analysis

* See Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) for creating attribute sets

About the Author:

Dr. Carolyn Hamm

Dr. Carolyn Hamm is a recognized expert in Oracle data warehouse technologies, advanced analytics and Oracle data mining. Dr. Hamm specializes in Oracle Discoverer, Oracle OLAP and Oracle Data Warehouse Builder, and is an expert in multivariate statistics using SAS, SPSS and Clementine.

Earning her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, Dr. Hamm has spent the past 8 years developing web-enabled data systems for population health, accessed by research, clinical and administrative staff.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Donald K. Burleson

Oracle Data Mining and Predictive Analytics

Why this book is important

 

Chapter 1: Introduction to Model Building

What is Data Mining?

Components of Oracle Data Miner

Sampling Data from the Database

Concentrating on a customer

Building a Classification Model

Naming Data Mining Activities

Running a Data Mining Activity

Viewing your Results

The ODM ROC Curve

Applying changes to a Model

Attribute Importance in the Naīve Bayes Model

Building Naīve Bayes Model with Fewer Attributes

Applying the Model

Using the Create View Wizard

Scoring New Data

Viewing Top Rankings

Conclusion

 

Chapter 2: Adaptive Bayes Network and Decision Trees

Introduction to Classification

Data Mining Classification Models

Using the Models

Importing a Dataset

Exploring and Reducing the Dataset

Viewing Attribute Histograms

Attribute Importance

Comparing Naīve Bayes Models for Forest Cover

Adaptive Bayes Single Feature Model

Building the Adaptive Bayes Network Model

Sampling

Viewing Adaptive Bayes Network Results

Interpreting Adaptive Bayes Network Results

Building the Adaptive Bayes Multi Feature Model

Using the ROC Feature

Introducing Cost Bias to the Classification Model

Building a Decision Tree

The Decision Tree Classification Model

Decision Tree Classification Rules

Conclusion

 

Chapter 3: Using Support Vector Machines

Introduction to Support Vector Machine

Inside Support Vector Machines

Importing the Irish Wind Data File

Computing a New Attribute with Compute Field Transformation Wizard

Building the SVM Model

Handling Outlier Values in SVM Analysis

Missing Values in SVM Analysis

Sparse Data in SVM Analysis

Normalization of SVM Data

Linear and Gaussian Kernels

SVM and Over-fitting

SVM Results with Gaussian Kernel

Importing Boston House Price Data

Building SVM Classification Models

Interpreting the SVM Results

Refining the SVM Model

Building a SVM Regression Model

Regression Model Results

Linear Regression Analysis

Drilling into the SVM Data

Using Text Data in SVM Predictive Models

Importing CLOB Data

Loading CLOB Data into the Oracle Database

Building a SVM Text Model

Interpreting the SVM text Data

Conclusion

Chapter 4: Creating Clusters and Cohorts

Clustering and Cohorts

The k-Means Cluster

Using O-Cluster

O-Cluster Sensitivity Settings

Using K-Means for Clustering

Examining the CoIL Data

Building a K-Means Cluster

Finding majority cohort values

Comparing data sub-sets with K-Means

Choosing the Appropriate Data Mining Algorithm

When to use K-Means Analysis

When to use O-Cluster Analysis

Applying the Cluster

Publishing the Cluster Results

Publishing to a File

Using the Discoverer Gateway for Publication

Publishing to an Oracle Database

Importing the model to a different Oracle database

Conclusion

 

Chapter 5: Inside Oracle Data Miner

Exploring Data Miner

Data Miner Activity Builder Tasks

Quantile Binning

Using the Discretize Transform Wizard

Customizing Discretize Transformations

Using the Aggregate Transformation Wizard

Recode Transformation Wizard

Using the Split Transformation Wizard

Using the Stratified Sample Transformation Wizard

Using the Filter Single-Record Transformation Wizard

Inside the Sample Transformation Wizard

Preparing datasets for Data Mining Activities

Using the Missing Values Transformation Wizard

Using the Normalize Transformation Wizard

Using the Numeric Transformation Wizard

Using the Outlier Treatment Transformation Wizard

Conclusion

 

Chapter 6: Predictive Analytics

Predictive Analytics in Data Mining

Explain Procedure

Predict Procedure

Explain Wizard

Predict Wizard

Applying Predictive Analytics

Conclusion

 

Chapter 7: Personalized Form Letter Generation with Oracle BI Publisher

Scenarios for using ODM with BI Publisher

Building a Decision Tree Model

Results of the Decision Tree Model

Scoring the Apply Dataset.

Using SQL to View Results of Scored Data

Creating a Report using BI Publisher Enterprise Server

Using Template Builder for Oracle BI Publisher

Adding Fields to the Word Template using BI Publisher Template Builder

Creating a Personalized Customer Letter with Three Offers

Scenario for Personalizing a Form Letter

Building a Decision Tree Model using Oracle Data Miner

Accuracy of the Fund Raiser DT Model

Results of the Fund Raiser DT Model

Generating XML Data using BI Publisher

Creating a Form Letter with the Template Builder

Conclusion

Book Conclusion

 

Appendix A: Installing Oracle Data Miner

ODM Tutorial

Purpose

Time to Complete

Topics

Overview

Prerequisites

Enabling the DMSYS Account

Creating and Configuring A Data Mining Account

Installing Oracle Data Miner

Summary

 

Appendix B: Script to Create ODM User

Scripts

Index Topics:

A

Adaptive Bayes Network

Adaptive Bayes Network Single Feature model

advanced analytics

Advanced Settings Dialog

AFFINITY_CARD

APEX

Apply Data Mining Activity

Apply Data Source

Apply Result

Artificial Intelligence

Attribute Importance feature

average accuracy

B

Build Activity

 

C

Campos

centroid attributes

centroids

Classification Apply Option

Classification function type

classifier

CLOB

Cluster Build Model

Cluster Detail

Clustering Large Databases with Numeric and Nominal Values Using Orthogonal Projections

coefficients

cohorts

COIL

CoIL Challenge

Compute Field

compute wizard

confusion matrix

control files

correlations

COVER_TYPE_IMP

 

D

Data Summarization viewer

Decision Support System

Decision Tree

Discoverer

Discretize

discretizing

disretize

DMUSER

 

E

Economics & Management

End User Layer

ETL

Excel format

F

False Negative

False Positive

favoring

Filter Single-Record Transformation Wizard

 

G

Gartner Group

Gaussian

Generate Default Bins

 

H

Harrison D

histogram

HTML-DB

Hypothesis testing

 

I

importing

J

Java API

 

K

k-Means

 

L

Lift Curve

 

M

Maximum Buffer Size

Milenova

Min/Max

Mining Activity

Mining Activity Build wizard

MINING_DATA_BUILD_V

Missing Values Transformation Wizard

Most Probable

Multivariate statistics

 

N

Naīve Bayes

Naīve Bayes Classification model

New Activity Wizard

normalization

Normalize Transformation Wizard

NOX

Numeric Transformation Wizard

 

O

O-Cluster

ODM models

ODM Navigator

ODMr

Oracle Application Express

Oracle Data Miner Tutorial

Orthogonal Partitioning Clustering

Outlier Treatment Transformation Wizard

overall accuracy

overfitting

P

Predict Wizard

predictive accuracy

Predictive Analytics

Predictive Confidence

 

Q

Quartile Binning

 

R

Receiver Operating Characteristic

Recode the Transformation Wizard

recoding

RMSE

ROC

Root Mean Square Error

Rubinfeld D.L.

Rules tab

 

S

sampling

Sensitivity setting

Show Leaves Only

Show Summary Single Record

skewing

Specific Target Values

Split Transformation Wizard

SQL*Loader

sqlldr

statlib

Stengard

Stratified Sample Transformation Wizard

Support Vector Machine

Support Vector Machines

SVM algorithm

SVM classification

SVM classification model

Syskill Webert Web Data

T

TARGET

text attribute

Tolerance value

Top N

total cost

transformations

 

U

Using Data Pump technology

 

V

View Lineage

 

W

Width Binning


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