Knowledge discovery process and methods to enhance organizational performance

• Other Authors: Osei-Bryson, Kweku-Muata (Editor), Barclay, Corlane (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, FL CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group 2015
• Subjects: Knowledge management; Data mining; Business > Data processing
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• Physical Description: xviii, 386 pages : illustration 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
• ISBN: 9781482212365

Although the terms "data mining" and "knowledge discovery and data mining" (KDDM) are sometimes used interchangeably, data mining is actually just one step in the KDDM process. Data mining is the process of extracting useful information from data, while KDDM is the coordinated process of understanding the business and mining the data in order to identify previously unknown patterns.