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Mastering SQL Server 2014 Data Mining

By : Amarpreet Singh Bassan, Debarchan Sarkar
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Mastering SQL Server 2014 Data Mining

By: Amarpreet Singh Bassan, Debarchan Sarkar

Overview of this book

<p>Whether you are new to data mining or are a seasoned expert, this book will provide you with the skills you need to successfully create, customize, and work with Microsoft Data Mining Suite. Starting with the basics, this book will cover how to clean the data, design the problem, and choose a data mining model that will give you the most accurate prediction.</p> <p>Next, you will be taken through the various classification models such as the decision tree data model, neural network model, as well as Naïve Bayes model. Following this, you'll learn about the clustering and association algorithms, along with the sequencing and regression algorithms, and understand the data mining expressions associated with each algorithm. With ample screenshots that offer a step-by-step account of how to build a data mining solution, this book will ensure your success with this cutting-edge data mining system.</p>
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Mastering SQL Server 2014 Data Mining
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 3. Tools of the Trade

Data mining as a process is closely dependent on the knowledge of the entire SQL Server BI Suite. The SQL Server BI Suite provides the tools that are important at the stage of the data mining process. The data mining process consists of activities such as hosting the data generated from different business processes (in the form of SQL Server tables), designing the data warehouse project (with the help of SQL Server Data Tools), which will contain the historical data of different departments of the organization, hosting the data marts that could be in the form of relational databases or cubes and giving a visualization on the data (in the form of SQL Server reports). Thus, we will devote this chapter to take a tour of the important components of the SQL Server BI Suite, which are SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Analysis Services, and SQL Server Reporting Services. This chapter should not be considered as a deep dive but rather a refresher and walkthrough...