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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

Summary


Ingesting data into your data warehouse and determining the dimensions and measures are the first steps towards building a data mining solution. In this chapter, you saw how we can use the SQL Server components such as Migration Assistant and Integration Services to integrate data from different sources. It is very likely that a business process will have multiple components for each department, and the source of data could be diverse. You will need to find a way to aggregate the required data from multiple sources such as flat files, Oracle, DB2, and so on, and then load it into your SQL Server database where you will perform the data mining operations. Finally, once such a data ingestion process is ready, you can schedule a data load periodically as per your need using the SQL Server Agent jobs. In the next chapter, we will dive into the algorithms that SQL Server provides for mining operations on the data. Knowing each of the algorithms in detail will help you pick the correct...