Data Mining Decision Trees in Economy

Badulescu, Laviniu-Aurelian and Nicula, Adrian (2007): Data Mining Decision Trees in Economy. Published in: Analele Universitatii din Oradea, Stiinte Economice , Vol. II, No. XVI (2007): pp. 723-727.

Abstract

Data Mining represents the extraction previously unknown, and potentially useful information from data. Using Data Mining Decision Trees techniques our investigation tries to illustrate how to extract meaningful socio-economical knowledge from large data sets. Our tests find 5 attributes selection measures that perform more accurate then the best performance of the 17 algorithms presented in literature.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Data Mining, Decision Trees, classification error rate
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C8 - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs

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