Glossary of Terms

Data Mining

Keyword Definition
Association Rule Mining Discovering interesting relationships or association patterns among a set of items in large datasets.
Big Data Extremely large and complex data sets that cannot be easily managed or analyzed using traditional data processing techniques.
Classification Predicting the class or category of an object based on its attributes.
Clustering Grouping a set of objects in such a way that objects in the same group are more similar to each other than those in other groups.
Data Mining The process of discovering patterns in large data sets involving methods at the intersection of machine learning, statistics, and database systems.
Data Preprocessing Cleaning and transforming raw data into a suitable format before performing analysis or mining.
Decision Tree A flowchart-like structure in which each internal node represents a feature, each branch represents a decision rule, and each leaf node represents the outcome.
Feature Selection Selecting a subset of relevant features from the original dataset to improve the performance of a machine learning model.
Machine Learning Enabling computers to learn and make decisions from data without being explicitly programmed.
Pattern Recognition The automated recognition of patterns and regularities in data.