Data Mining with Neural Networks: Solving Business Problems--From Application Development to Decision Support

by Joseph P. Bigus

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070057796
• ISBN13: 9780070057791
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

look at the cover before you buy it

The cover of this book clearly states that it is intended for "Solving Business Problems - from Application Development to Decision Support". The back of the book states that it is a "practical, accessible guide for business executives..." This is not a book for developers unless they are just getting started and have never heard of neural nets or data mining. I found this little book helpful for providing easy-to-understand reviews for beginning AI students and non-technical business people. Some of the other reviewers of this book are unfairly slamming this book for not being technical enough, when clearly that is not the intention of the book. There are no formulae in this book, but there are some nice diagrams that get the point across for beginners. The chapter on agents seemed a little misplaced, but otherwise, for learning about neural nets, this is not a bad book. For a pure biz-oriented "intro to data mining" I prefer the Adriaans book, however.

Very explanatory book about neural nets.

If you do not like math and would like to know about neural networks, then this is it. The book is very explanatory, it is designed for starters and you get a very good feeling about what neural networks are and how they work. Do not expect, however, that you will be able to design one after reading the book.