A.6.2 Web Sites for Data-Mining Software ToolsWeb SiteData-Mining Toolwww.statconsulting.euAdvancedMinerwww.unica.comAffinium Modelwww.dazsi.comAgentBase/Marketeerwww.alice-soft.comAlice d’Isoftwww.openchannelsoftware.comAutoclass IIIwww.bayesia.comBayesiaLabkmi.open.ac.uk/projects/bkd/Bayesian Knowledge Discovererwww.prevision.com/bmr.htmlBMRhttp://salford-systems.com/cart.phpCARTwww.spss.com/clementineClementinewww.oracle.com/technology/documentation/darwin.htmlDarwinwww.data-applied.comData Appliedwww.sentient.nl/?ddenDataDetectivewww.dataengine.de/english/sp/index.htmDataEnginewww.datamining.comData Mining Suitewww.cwi.nl/∼marcel/ds.htmlData Surveyorwww.dbminer.comDBMinerwww.hnc.comDataBase Mining Marksmanwww.datamind.comDataMindwww.cirrusrec.comDatasagewww.neovista.comDecision serieswww.bissantz.deDelta Minerwww.pilotsw.comDiscoverywww.palisade.com/Evolverwww.dataengine.de/english/sp/index.htmEWA Systemswww.exeura.com/home.php?lan=enExeura RialtoTMwww.fairisaac.com/fic/en/our-approach/enterprise-decision-managementFairwww.apteco.comFastStats Suitewww.urbanscience.comGainSmartswww.geniqmodel.com/GenIQ Modelwww.fqs.pl/business_intelligence/products/ghostminerGhostMinerwww.goldenhelix.comGolden Helix Optimus RPwww.software.ibm.comIntelligent Minerwww.spotfire.tibco.com/products/s-plus/statistical-analysis-software.aspxInsightful Minerwww.acknosoft.comKATE Toolswww.ncr.comKnowledge Discovery Workbenchwww.dialogis.deKeplerwww.dialogis.deKnowledgeMinerwww.angoss.comKnowledge Seekerwww.kxen.comKXENwww.mathworks.com/products/neuralnetMatlab neural network toolboxwww.sgi.comMineSetwww.alta-oh.comNETMAPwww.neurosolutions.comNeuro Netwww.neuralware.com/NeuralWorks Professional II/PLUSwww.nd.com/products.htmNeuroSolutions v3.0www.wardsystems.com/NeuroShell2/NeuroWindowswww.ultranet.com/∼unicaPRWwww.printable.comPowerhousewww.predx.comPredictive Data Mining Suitewww.rapid-i.comRapidMinerwww.sas.comSAS Enterprise Minerwww.cognos.comScenariowww.eric.univ-lyon2.fr/∼ricco/sipina.htmlSipina-Wwww.nada.kth.se/∼orre/snns-manualSNNSwww.spss.comSPSSwww.spotfire.tibco.com/products/s-plus/statistical-analysis-software.aspxS-Pluswww.slp.frSTATlabwww.syllogic.nlSyllogicwww.mathsoft.com/splus.htmlS-Pluswww.fernuni-hagen.de/bwlor/forsch.htmSPIRITwww.prevision.com/strategist.htmlStrategistwww.eudaptics.co.at/Viscovery©SOMinewww.incontext.caWebAnalyzerwww.mitgmbh.deWINROSAwww.wizsoft.comWizWhy
A.6.3 Data-Mining VendorsData-Mining VendorAddressWeb SiteAngoss Software International LTC.34 St. Patrick Street, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 1V1www.angoss.comAttar Software USATwo Deerfoot Trial on Partridge Hill, Harward, MA 01451, USAwww.attar.comBusiness Objects, Inc.20813 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 100, Cupertino, CA 95014, USAwww.businessobjects.comCognos Corp.67 S. Bedford St., Suite 200 W., Burlington, MA 01803, USAwww.cognos.comDataMind Corp.2121 S. El Camino Real, Suite 1200, San Mateo, CA 94403, USAwww.datamindcorp.comHNC Software Inc.5930 Cornerstone Court West, San Diego, CA 92121, USAwww.hnc.comHyperParallel282 Second Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, USAwww.hyperparallel.comIBM Corp.Old Orchard Road, Armonk, NY 10504, USAwww.ibm.comIntegral Solutions Ltd.Berk House, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 4RG, UKwww.isl.co.ukIsoftChemin da Moulon, F-91190 Gif sur Yvette, Francee-mail: infor.isoft.frNeoVista Solutions, Inc.10710 N. Tantau Ave., Cupertino, CA 95014, USAwww.neovista.comNeural Applications Corp.2600 Crosspark Rd., Coralville, IA 52241, USAwww.neural.comNeuralWare Inc.202 Park West Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275, USAwww.neuralware.comPilot Software, Inc.One Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141, USAwww.pilotsw.comRed Brick Systems, Inc.485 Alberto Way, Los Gatos, CA 95032, USAwww.redbrick.comSilicon Graphics Computer Systems2011 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA 94043, USAwww.sgi.comSPSS, Inc.444 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611-3962, USAwww.spss.comSAS Institute Inc.SAS Campus Dr., Cary, NC 27513-2414, USAwww.sas.comThinking Machine Corp.14 Crosby Dr., Bedford, MA 01730, USAwww.think.comTrajecta611 S. Congress, Suite 420, Austin, TX 78704, USAwww.trajecta.comDaisy Analysis Ltd.East Green Farm, Great Bradley, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 9LU, UKwww.daisy.co.ukVisible Decisions, Inc.200 Front Street West, Suite 2203, P.O.Box 35, Toronto, Ont M5V 3K2, Canadawww.vdi.comMaxus Systems International Inc.610 River Terrace, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA,www.maxussystems.comUnited Information Systems, Inc.10401 Fernwood Road, #200, Bethesda, MD 20817, USAwww.unitedis.com/ALTA Analytics, Inc.929 Eastwind Dr., Suite 203, Westerville, OH 43081, USAwww.alta-oh.comVisualize, Inc.1819 East Morten, Suite 210, Phoenix, AZ 85020, USAwww.visualizetech.comData Description, Inc.840 Hanshaw Road, Suite 9, Ithaca, NY 14850, USAwww.datadesk.comi2 Ltd.Breaks House, Mill Court, Great Shelford, Cambridge, CB2, SLD, UKwww.i2.co.ukHarlequin Inc.One Cambridge Center, 8th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02142, USAwww.harlequin.comAdvanced Visual Systems, Inc.300 Fifth Avenue, Waltham, MA 02154, USAwww.avs.comORION Scientific Systems19800 Mac Arthur Blvd., Suite 480, Irvine, CA 92612, USAwww.orionsci.comBelmont Research, Inc.84 Sherman St., Cambridge, MA 02140, USAwww.belmont.com/Spotfire, Inc.28 State Street, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02109, USAwww.ivee.comPrecision Computing, Inc.P. O > Box 1193, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636, USAwww.crimelink.comInformation Technology Institute11 Science Park Road, Singapore Science Park II, Singapore 117685jsaic.iti.gov.sg/projects/NCO Natural ComputingDeurtschherrnufer 31, 60594 Frankfurt, Germanywww.asoc.comImagix Corp.6025 White Oak Lane, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, USAwww.imagix.comHelsinki University of TechnologyNeural Networks Research Center, P. O. Box 1000, FIN-02015 HUT, Finlandwebsom.hut.fiAmtec Engineering, Inc.P. O. Box 3633, Bellevue, WA 98009-3633, USAwww.amtec.comIBM-Haifa Research LaboratoryMatam, Haifa 31905, Israelwww.ibm.com/java/mapuccinoInfospace, Inc.181 2nd Avenue, Suite 218, San Mateo, CA 94401, USAwww.infospace-inc.comResearch Systems, Inc.2995 Wilderness Place, Boulder, CO 80301, USAwww.rsinc.comGR-FX Pty LimitedP. O. Box 2121, Clovelly, NSW, 2031, Australiawww.gr-fx.comAnalytic Technologies104 Pond Street, Natick, MA 01760, USAanalytictech.comThe GIFIC Corp.405 Atlantic Street, Melbourne Beach, FL 32951, USAwww.gific.comInxight Software Inc.3400 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USAwww.inxight.comThemeMedia Inc.8383 158th Avenue NE, Suite 320, Redmond, WA 98052, USAwww.thememediacomNeovision Hypersystems, Inc.50 Broadway, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10004, USAwww.neovision.comArtificial Intelligence Software SpAVia Carlo Esterle, 9-20132 Milano, Italywww.iunet.it/aisSRA International, Inc.2000 15th Street, Arlington, VA 22201, USAwww.knowledgediscovery.comQuadstone Ltd.16 Chester Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7RA, Scotlandwww.quadstone.co.ukData Junction Corp.2201 Northland Drive, Austin, TX 78756, USAwww.datajunction.comSemio Corp.1730 South Amphlett Blvd. #101, San Mateo, CA 94402, USAwww.semio.comVisual Numerics, Inc.9990 Richmond Ave., Suite 400, Houston, TX 77042-4548, USAwww.vni.comPerspecta, Inc600 Townsend Street, Suite 170E, San Francisco, CA 94103-4945, USAwww.perspecta.comDynamic Diagrams12 Bassett Street, Providence, RI 02903, USAwww.dynamicdiagrams.comPresearch Inc.8500 Executive Park Avenue, Fairfax, VA 22031, USAwww.presearch.comInContext Systems6733 Mississauga Road, 7th floor, Mississauga, Ontario L5N 6J5 Canadawww.incontext.caCygron Research & Development, Ltd.Szeged, Pf.: 727, H-6701 Hungarywww.tiszanet.hu/cygron/NetScout Systems, Inc.4 Technology Park Drive, Westford, MA 01886, USAwww.frontier.comAdvanced Visual Systems300 Fifth Ave., Waltham, MA 02154, USAwww.avs.comAlta Analytics, Inc555 Metro Place North, Suite 175, Dublin, OH 43017, USAwww.alta-oh.comData-Mining VendorAddressWeb Site/Phone NumberMapInfo Corp.1 Global View, Troy, NY 12180, USAwww.mapinfo.comInformation Builders, Inc.1250 Broadway, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10001-3782, USAPhone: 212-736-4433Prism Solutions, Inc.1000 Hamlin Court, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, USAPhone: 408-752-1888Oracle Corp.500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94086, USAPhone: 800-633-0583Evolutionary Technologies, Inc.4301 Westbank Drive, Austin, TX 78746, USAPhone: 512-327-6994Information Advantage, Inc.12900 Whitewater Drive, Suite 100, Minnetonka, MN 55343, USAPhone: 612-938-7015IntelligenceWare, Inc.55933 W. Century Blvd., Suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USAPhone: 310-216-6177Microsoft CorporationOne Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052, USAPhone: 206-882-8080Computer Associates International, Inc.One Computer Associates Plaza, Islandia, NY 11788-7000, USAPhone: 516-342-5224
APPENDIX B
DATA-MINING APPLICATIONS
Many businesses and scientific communities are currently employing data-mining technology. Their number continues to grow, as more and more data-mining success stories become known. Here we present a small collection of real-life examples of data-mining implementations from the business and scientific world. We also present some pitfalls of data mining to make readers aware that this process needs to be applied with care and knowledge (both, about the application domain and about the methodology) to obtain useful results.
In the previous chapters of this book, we have studied the principles and methods of data mining. Since data mining is a young discipline with wide and diverse applications, there is a still a serious gap between the general principles of data mining and the domain-specific knowledge required to apply it effectively. In this appendix, we examine a few application domains illustrated by the results of data-mining systems that have been implemented.
B.1 DATA MINING FOR FINANCIAL DATA ANALYSIS
Most banks and financial institutions offer a wide variety of banking services such as checking, savings, business and individual customer transactions, investment services, credits, and loans. Financial data, collected in the banking and financial industry, are often relatively complete, reliable, and of a high quality, which facilitates systematic data analysis and data mining to improve a company’s competitiveness.
In the banking industry, data mining is used heavily in the areas of modeling and predicting credit fraud, in evaluating risk, in performing trend analyses, in analyzing profitability, as well as in helping with direct-marketing campaigns. In the financial markets, neural networks have been used in forecasting stock prices, options trading, rating
