Data Mining with R by Luis Torgo

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Provides a self-contained introduction to the use of R for exploratory data mining and machine learning. Employing a practical, learn-by-doing approach, this work presents a series of representative case studies from ecology, financial prediction, fraud detection, and bioinformatics, including all of the necessary steps, code, and data.

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Data Mining with R by Luis Torgo

Provides a self-contained introduction to the use of R for exploratory data mining and machine learning. Employing a practical, learn-by-doing approach, this work presents a series of representative case studies from ecology, financial prediction, fraud detection, and bioinformatics, including all of the necessary steps, code, and data.

This is certainly one of the best books for a direct implementation of data mining algorithmsAnother good point of the book is that for most of the problems there are different ways to solve them. … an invaluable resource for data miners, R programmers, as well as people involved in fields such as fraud detection and stock market prediction. If you’re serious about data mining and want to learn from experiences in the field, don’t hesitate!
—Sandro Saitta, Data Mining Research blog, May 2011

If you want to learn how to analyze your data with a free software package that has been built by expert statisticians and data miners, this is your book. A broad range of real-world case studies highlights the breadth and depth of the R software.
—Bernhard Pfahringer, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Both R novices and experts will find this a great reference for data mining.
—Intelligent Trading blog and R-bloggers, November 2010

Luis Torgo is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Porto in Portugal. An active researcher in machine learning and data mining for more than 20 years, Dr. Torgo is also a researcher in the Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Data Analysis (LIAAD) of INESC Porto LA.
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ISBN 13 9781439810187
ISBN 10 1439810184
Title Data Mining with R
Author Luis Torgo
Series Chapman And Hall Crc Data Mining And Knowledge Discovery Series
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Year published 2010-11-01
Number of pages 305
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