Knowledge discovery for business information systems. Foreword by Foster Provost (Q2736203)

The articles of this volume will not be indexed individually.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEFrom the introduction: Because the KDD (Knowledge Discovery in Databases) field is so comprehensive but not yet coherent and fully defined, editing a book on KDD for business information systems has been a challenging task. After spending one and a half years on the book's preparation, we are delighted to see it appearing on the market. We believe that the book will inspire academics, practitioners, and graduate students alike to engage in this new field.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEWe hope that the book may also be useful to a broader audience of readers, who are not necessarily experts in the field of KDD but would like to learn about the current developments in the field and gain some practical experience in the use of the DM tools. Selected chapters from the book, especially those that discuss the DM applications, might also be valuable to senior undergraduate computer science and computer information systems students.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe book contains a collection of seventeen chapters written by a truly international team of thirty eight experts representing academia and business institutions from ten countries: Austria, Canada, Estonia, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Poland, Singapore, and the United States. Many of the authors who contributed to the book have worked and published extensively in the KDD and DM field or closely related areas.