DM: RE: Visualization

[Smart, Bill]

Sandra,

I'll be interested in the responses you get to your question on 
definition.

My definitions are:

Knowledge Discovery in Databases covers all methods used to do data
analysis.  This includes SQL, reports, lists, printouts, charts, 
graphs,
data viz of all kinds, statistics and machine learning algorithm such 
as
rule induction, neural networks, clustering, etc...

Data Mining is a marketing term that implies some secretive, eclectic
methods.  It usually refers only to statistics and machine learning
algorithms, and maybe data viz.  Some people do not include 
statistics.

Good luck...Bill!

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Sandra Poprawski [SMTP:uorb@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de]
        Sent:   Friday, May 15, 1998 8:27 AM
        To:     datamine-l@nautilus-sys.com
        Subject:        DM: Visualization

        Dear ladies and gentlemen,

        I am a student of the University of Karlsruhe and I am 
interested in
        getting some information about data mining or KDD in general.
        These are my questions:
        (1) What is the difference between data mining an KDD 
(knowledge
        discovery of databases)?
        (2) Are there any companies which take part in this list of
discussion
        and use special tools for visualization of large databases ? 
What
kind
        of tools are there or what else do you prefer for 
presentation ?
        (3) Are there any other systems than VisDB existing (that's 
the one
I'm
        working on)?
        (4) Does anyone know good literature about visualization in 
general?

        I would be very glad if my questions will be answered soon!
        Thanks!

        Sandra Poprawski