The amount of information stored in corporate databases is exploding exponentially. Data mining—finding meaningful patterns in all that data—can give any organi... » 

The amount of information stored in corporate databases is exploding exponentially. Data mining—finding meaningful patterns in all that data—can give any organization a competitive advantage. This book is the in-depth reference from Microsoft for anyone who wants to take full advantage of the powerful data-mining features in SQL Server 2000. It examines the SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services architecture and shows how data mining fits into its complete suite of information-extraction technologies. Then it demonstrates how to structure and mine large databases with the algorithms included with SQL Server 2000 to find nuggets of useful information. It even shows how to create a practice data-mining model using data downloaded from a database. Coverage includes:
INTRODUCTION TO DATA MINING: What data mining is and isn’t, plus important principles and definitions behind data-mining methodologies, including the role of data-mining models, statistics, and algorithms
SQL SERVER 2000 ARCHITECTURE: How data m «