... Foundations of DataMining 66511.3.2 Statistical DataMining 66611.3.3 Visual and Audio DataMining 66711.3.4 DataMiningand Collaborative Filtering 67011.4 Social Impacts of DataMining 67511.4.1 ... object-relational databases and specific application-oriented databases, such as spatial databases, time-series databases,text databases, and multimedia databases. The challenges andtechniques of mining ... read-ing are organized per chapter. Links to dataminingdata sets and software. We will provide a set of links to data miningdata sets and sites containing interesting datamining software pack-ages,...
... 972.7Summary Data preprocessing is an important issue for both data warehousing anddata mining, as real-world data tend to be incomplete, noisy, and inconsistent. Data preprocessingincludes data cleaning, ... approximation of the original data. PCA is computationally inexpensive, can be applied to ordered and unorderedattributes, and can handle sparse dataand skewed data. Multidimensional data of more than ... 2.3 Data Cleaning 652.3.3 Data Cleaning as a ProcessMissing values, noise, and inconsistencies contribute to inaccurate data. So far, we havelooked at techniques for handling missing data and...
... 152 Chapter 3 Data Warehouse and OLAP Technology: An Overview data by OLAP operations), anddatamining (which supports knowledge discovery).OLAP-based datamining is referred to as OLAP mining, ... processing, and data mining. We also introduce on-line analytical mining (OLAM), a powerful paradigm thatintegrates OLAP with datamining technology.3.5.1 Data Warehouse Usage Data warehouses anddata ... Warehouse and OLAP Technology: An Overview3.5From Data Warehousing to Data Mining “How do data warehousing and OLAP relate to data mining? ” In this section, we study theusage of data warehousing...
... Empowerment begins with knowledge and is expanded by targetedtraining, which includes understanding the nature and relevance of financial/eco-nomic data, and is reinforced by a climate of trust.Decision ... company, and works inclose collaboration with financial and other staff persons to make sure that rel-evant data are at hand for sound analysis and judgments. There’s sufficient un-derstanding ... are and how to enhance them, and understands thebusiness model and its parts sufficiently to have a positive impact throughcarefully analyzed and executed decisions. Parallel to this understanding...
... company as a whole (Chapters 9 and 10) , and finally, shareholder value creation concepts, such as total shareholder return,economic value added, and so forth (Chapters 11 and 12). As we’ll see, ... economic value and long-term viability. In fact, creation of shareholdervalue and cash flow patterns—achieved and expected—are inseparable concepts. As we take up the analytical conceptsand tools ... popular way of refining the measures and standards to be applied. We’ll discuss a variety of key financial and eco-nomic operational criteria in Chapters 4, 5, and 6.Financing DecisionsHere we...
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... Figure 10 7 for the original situation and for each ofthe three alternatives. The data in Figures 10 6 and10 7 give us sufficient pointswith which to draw the linear functions of EPS and EBIT ... impact onEBIT and EPS of different financing alternatives, based on the analysis and dia-gram in Figure 10 8 on page 341. It displays the results on the range of EBIT and EPS graph and on an abbreviated ... improvement of 1.2 percent.hel78340_ch10.qxd 9/27/01 11:30 AM Page 335 CHAPTER10 Analysis of Financing Choices 327dividend level is clearly defined, and legal and underwriting costs incurred at...
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... supplementTDR with other land protection strategies, such as outright acquisition.Sublandscape Scale (Cities, Towns, and Counties)We define the sublandscape scale as groups of land uses and ecosystems ... these land uses.Landscape Conservation and Development PlanPlanning at the landscape scale must address the broadest possible land usequestion: where should humans build, farm, or ranch, and ... integrity and biodiversity, and (2) safeguarding humans and theirproperty with regard to the ecological context. In this chapter, we examine someof the more promising smart growth tools and techniques...
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