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Nice Book
This is a very nice book with a ton of history.I only wish it had more on how to get there and what to expect.Guess I'll need to augment with another book...

Still one of the best for Colorado Rockies ghosts

If there's a better book on the ghost towns and mining camps of Colorado, I don't know about it. Eberhart's book is massive (almost 500 pages), detailed, and informative. It covers all the mountainous regions of the state where gold was mined by sections; all the towns/camps in each section are listed and described (many in great detail), and fairly precise sketch maps locating all the sites are included. The book also contains many excellent photographs. This is the 4th edition, last updated in 1969; a new edition would be worth consideringsince much of what is described as being visible to the visitor at many sites may no longer be there (thanks to fires, severe weather, vandalism, etc.); a lot can change in 35 years. But in terms of locating ghost towns and camps and learning what they were all about, this book can't be beat. It's an excellent guide.

It's really good!
I really like this book. It's got neat pictures and easy to read format.I highly recommend it. Buy this book NOW! ... Read more

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Thorough in its coverage from basic to advanced topics, this book presents the key algorithms and techniques used in data mining. An emphasis is placed on the use of data mining concepts in real world applications with large database components. Includes unique chapters on Web mining, spatial mining, temporal mining, and prototypes and DM products. Separate case studies section highlights real world applications. An excellent reference book for computer database professionals and researchers.

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Good introductory survey to various technologies
The book serves its purpose of providing a introduction to the various technologies that make up data mining. There are three main topic sections. The first gives an overview of the technologies involved such as fuzzy logic, bayesian probability, and neural networks.The second topic area is more concentrated and focuses on how data mining works.This involves utilizing clustering, association, and classification of data.The final section covers advanced topics in web, spatial, and temporal mining.The only complaint that I would have is that most of the coverage at least in section one is cursory and one needs other reference books for serious work in the field.A very strong feature of the book is that pseudocode algorithms are offered in many sections.

clarity in exposition
Dunham gives a clear explanation of the main ideas in data mining. It's a concise book, directed towards the researcher or programmer. Space considerations meant that some topics are only briefly but succinctly covered, like fuzzy logic.

More details are provided about neural networks, genetic algorithms and similarity measures. Bayesian classifications also get a good mention. Other classification measures involve distance-based methods to define clusters. For clustering, you should note that exactly what goes into a given cluster can be rather subjective. It could depend on your choice of metric.

There is a fair amount of maths. Accessible to someone with a couple of years of university level maths, especially involving linear algebra.

The section on Web mining is especially interesting. The Web is probably the largest database in the world. Certainly the most accessible. But with different characteristics from many other databases. Web data might be wrong, deliberately or otherwise. And some websites might be link farms, that try to pump up page rankings. Other databases simply don't have this concern about their contents. Dunham explains Google's PageRank and a competing idea from IBM.

The algorithms are given in pseudocode. Which should not be a problem to an experienced programmer. Translating these into your choice of language is (or at least it should be) a lesser conceptual task than understanding the methods themselves. Or devising new methods. The book also aids the latter. Dunham's descriptions of the overall logic behind each algorithm is a good lead into what is needed in construction new ones.

Good book for those interested in Data Mining, Machine Learn
Currently I am taking a Machine Learning course. This book is really helpful and intuitive. My friends who are studying Bioinformatics also found it useful.

All algorithms are presented in pseudo-code.
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Building and maintaining a strong and effective team

If two heads are better than one, how about a team of heads? An effective team can be more innovative than an individual. But how do you get there? Building and managing a strong, productive team is difficult and the Mining Group Gold gives you the proven tools, techniques and processes that you must use and practice al all levels of your organization to build and maintain a strong collaborative team.

Based on 30 years of work on teams and organizational development this updated classical guide shows you how to set clear goals and desired outcomes and how to plan efficient and effective meetings. It's also been updated to include the latest research and cutting-edge technology.

The Mining Group Gold features:

• Clear, concise direction for getting the most out of a team's potential
• Effective, practical tips for productive team meetings
• Proven ways to foster collaboration and innovation-crucial skills for any company

Based on practical advice rather than fluff or theory, the Mining Group Gold is the essential guide to building and maintaining a strong team. ... Read more

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Mining Group Gold is a Mandatory Book for Sales Professionals
Mining Group Gold is a Mandatory Book for Sales Professionals. It was my privilege to know and work with Tom Kayser at Xerox during the time he wrote the first edition of his book, Mining Group Gold. I encourage every sales manager to buy this 3rd Edition for your team. The principles in Mining Group Gold helped me close multi-milliondollar deals faster and more efficiently. In every step of the salescycle there are a gazillion meetings: uncovering requirements,presentations, demonstrations, customer engagement, negotiating T&C's,and closing-the-deal meetings. Following contract signatures are implementation, account management, problem resolution meetings. The Mining Group Gold principles guided my daily approach to meetings whether facilitating a room full of people, a conference call between Russia and Israel, or meeting someone over coffee at Starbucks. One memorable Fortune 100 company implementation kickoff was held in Oregon where a half dozen of us met with 20 senior technical engineering managers, program directors, and executive management. This two hour meeting was calculated to cost just under $7,000.00. At the beginning of the meeting, aside from stating desired mutual outcomes, setting an agenda, designating roles, I set expectations by asking each person to introduce themselves, their role, and what they needed from this meeting to get their job done. I explicitly encouraged everyone to talk, meet, and contact each other. At the end of the session after summarizing what's been discussed with assigned ownership and timeframes to the task, I asked each person in the room to comment on next steps. The results of this collaborative conversation exceeded my expectations. The group brought up critical timing schedules with design, test, prototypes, potential technical glitches. We talked about work travel, holiday schedules, potential conflicts, needed approvals, and much more. Nothing was too trivial to discuss. Within a year, a successful launch of a new medical device was introduced to the market. The elements of Mining Group Gold work;and they work well.

Mining Group Gold - Third Addition
What an outstanding update to one of the most effective books I have ever read and used in my 35 years in the business world. I found this book about five years ago. I work in a large corporate environment, and for many years I attended meetings that were not very effective and therefore, without much meaning. It was very seldom that we ever had a meeting that did much more than set a date for the next meeting. Since I started using the Mining Group Gold format, we have accomplished so much more, in much less time than I thought was possible. Not only have I made this format part of two very successful divisions I have been blessed to champion, but it has now been rolled out through-out the organization. For anyone who has struggled having an effective meeting at any company level, I strongly recommend Mining Group Gold. It has been extremely effective in helping align our entire company.

Timeless and always relevant information
I have been in several leadership roles throughout the years, and never have I come across something as simple and effective as Mining Group Gold.So many organizations struggle and even fail because they are made up of a group of people acting as individuals - not as a team.

One of the biggest frustrations I have come across in my career is ineffective meetings.We have meetings to plan meetings, meetings to re-cap meetings, and meetings just for the sake of meeting.It can be very easy to overlook the amount of time and money that is wasted on meetings that either never needed to happen or should have been conducted in an entirely different manner.Kayser lays out six critical questions to ask yourself when planning for a group meeting, and I have found that by going through this exercise I have saved significant time and money, as well as learned how to more effectively communicate with my team.

I feel that by reading this book, I am now a much better leader and have a better relationship with my staff.Everyone on my team knows that their opinion counts, and I am better able to assess the strengths of my team members and assign them tasks appropriately.No matter what stage you are in your career, Mining Group Gold will make you a better teammate, leader, and organization as a whole.

Get the Most from Your Team - Get the Most from Your Meetings
Repetitive, non-productive meetings.Preaching meetings.Time wasting meetings.I know you've been there, just as I'd been there over many years.This book changed all that forever, for me as well as for my organization.

Mr. Kayser lays out an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand and, best of all, easy to implement format for the reader to put into practice and turn her or his meetings into fruitful sessions of information sharing, of discussion whenever appropriate, of meaningful idea sharing and of satisfying accomplishment.Best of all, it works - in any "meeting", no matter the size, and no matter if it's business, if it's communuity, or if it's personal.

Some time ago, I read "Mining Group Gold".Skeptical at first, I was nonetheless intrigued by Mr. Kayser's processes that claim to turn meetings that are so often sessions of "reading the mail" or "preaching" into sessions of valuable insight instead. I, along with another individual, had a meeting with 60 people scheduled within a week after I completed the book.With this other individual, I dicussed a new approach - the MGG approach - to our meeting.It was a whiole new world for us, and we weren't entirely confident, but Mr. Kayser encourages the reader to just try the processes explained in the book.He advises that the 1st time may not be smooth & perfect, but it will be better than he would have otherwise had.So we literally ripped up the "agenda" we had, and started new, using templates and principles from "Mining Group Gold".The impact was powerful.During wrap up, meeting participants over & over exclaimed that they'd never been in such a productive meeting, or they never thought we would accomplish what we stated as our "desred outcome" at the start of the meeting, or that "it was the best meeting ever attended".

Read the book and benefit from Mr. Kayser's wealth of experience.Learn how to decide if you even need a meeting.Learn how to get the most "gold nuggets" out of the meeting participants - the willing as well as the not-so-willing. Learn how to assure "buy-in" to your group's ideas and plans of action.

I've been in business for over 30 years.No book has ever had as positive an impact on my business life as has "Mining Group Gold". Trust and practice the "Mining group Gold" fundamentals.You'll be glad you did!

I'm a Beleiver!
At the suggestion of a co-worker I read Mining Group Gold and honestly, my first impression was the content was a basic rehash of a well-worn process.In fact, I questioned if MGG could deliver on its promises - to increase productivity of meetings and elevate the collaboration of meetings attendees.

After assisting with the development of a meeting, and subsequent attending meetings organized and managed using MGG I have become a believer. Since that time, I have attending many meetings - some following the MGG process and some not using the MGG process.The MGG process delivers everytime!I've also organized webinar type meetings using MGG and found that MGG works well for these meetings too!

The MGG process forces me as a meeting organizer to think through the "flow" and be well prepared for all challenges.As an attendee, the MGG meeting agenda provides a detailed "snapshot" of the who, what, when, where and why of the meeting and ensures I'm attend well prepared to participate.

Obviously, I'm a believer, and if you follow Kayser's teachings I'm positive you'll become one too!
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Privacy preserving data mining implies the "mining" of knowledge from distributed data without violating the privacy of the individual/corporations involved in contributing the data. This volume provides a comprehensive overview of available approaches, techniques and open problems in privacy preserving data mining. Crystallizing much of the underlying foundation, the book aims to inspire further research in this new and growing area.

Privacy Preserving Data Mining is intended to be accessible to industry practitioners and policy makers, to help inform future decision making and legislation, and to serve as a useful technical reference.

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A strange vision of an important subject
Privacy is very important for any data manipulation and data mining gives the feeling to the large public to have the power to discover very private things in data. And it's true.
The authors try to find some methods to do data mining in avoiding of having access to the private part (too much private part) of these data but in staying able to learn something about individuals behind. It's not easy and very interesting to learn.
Of course the applications are limited because very often data mining has for purpose to score a particular individual.
To read and to think about...
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This practical step-by-step guide describes the key geological field techniques needed by today's exploration geologists involved in the search for metallic deposits. The techniques described are fundamental to the collection, storage and presentation of geological data and their use to locate ore. This book explains the various tasks which the exploration geologist is asked to perform in the sequence in which they might be employed in an actual exploration project. Hints and tips are give. The steps are illustrated with numerous examples drawn from real projects on which the author has worked. The book emphasizes traditional skills and shows how they can be combined effectively with modern technological approaches. ... Read more

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Data Mining for Genomics and Proteomics uses pragmatic examples and a complete case study to demonstrate step-by-step how biomedical studies can be used to maximize the chance of extracting new and useful biomedical knowledge from data. It is an excellent resource for students and professionals involved with gene or protein expression data in a variety of settings. ... Read more

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Excellent Introduction - Packed with Information
Excellent book on data mining genomic and proteomics! Very practical with clear direction on how to analyze this type of data, from the basic terminology of the field to more advanced methods. Impressed with the amount of information packed into the pages and how clearly complicated topics (general data mining as well as biological) are presented. Highly recommended! ... Read more

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An introductory text and reference on mining engineering highlighting the latest in mining technology
Introductory Mining Engineering outlines the role of the mining engineer throughout the life of a mine, including prospecting for the deposit, determining the site's value, developing the mine, extracting the mineral values, and reclaiming the land afterward. This Second Edition is written with a focus on sustainability-managing land to meet the economic and environmental needs of the present while enhancing its ability to also meet the needs of future generations. Coverage includes aboveground and underground methods of mining for a wide range of substances, including metals, nonmetals, and fuels.
Completely up to date, this book presents the latest information on such technologies as remote sensing, GPS, geophysical surveying, and mineral deposit evaluation, as well as continuous integrated mining operations and autonomous trucks. Also included is new information on landscape restoration, regional planning, wetlands protection, subsidence mitigation, and much more.
New chapters include coverage of:
* Environmental responsibilities
* Regulations
* Health and safety issues
Generously supplemented with more than 200 photographs, drawings, and tables, Introductory Mining Engineering, Second Edition is an indispensable book for mining engineering students and a comprehensive reference for professionals. ... Read more

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BARGAIN
I originally ordered this book over the SME website. However after doing so, I looked for the book on amazon and found it way cheaper.So I canceled the SME order and bought from Amazon.It's the same book and everything and was received via shipping in reasonable time as well. Great Bargain!

mining engineering
I purchased this book for a class. It is very informative. The way they explain things can be annoying at times. There are lots of references in the middle of paragraphs that are unecessary. There are also many times where they say "go to this book to find out about this subject". It's good if you actually want to go look for other books, but annoying if you are just reading this one. The graphs and pictures are very helpful. Overall this book explains the concepts well. ... Read more

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Data Mining, the automatic extraction of implicit and potentially useful information from data, is increasingly used in commercial, scientific and other application areas.

This book explains and explores the principal techniques of Data Mining: for classification, generation of association rules and clustering. It is written for readers without a strong background in mathematics or statistics and focuses on detailed examples and explanations of the algorithms given. This should prove of value to readers of all kinds, from those whose only use of data mining techniques will be via commercial packages right through to academic researchers.

This book aims to help the general reader develop the necessary understanding to use commercial data mining packages discriminatingly, as well as enabling the advanced reader to understand or contribute to future technical advances in the field. Each chapter has practical exercises to enable readers to check their progress. A full glossary of technical terms used is included.

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Introduction
This is an undergraduate introduction to data mining. The book doesn't go into details. It may be suitable for people who want to get a quick feel of the data mining field. People who need more details shall read more serious and comprehensive introductions. Overall I am giving 4 stars, because I liked it.

excellent introduction
This book is an excellent introduction to data mining, concentrating primarily on decision tree induction. The material provided is presented clearly with no assumption of prior knowledge on the part of the reader. A weakness of the book is that it doesn't place the material provided within the larger context of machine learning, both in terms of breadth or depth. However, when used as a textbook the instructor could easily address this problem. ... Read more

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"Geostatistics is the application of the formalism of random functions to the reconnaissance and estimation of natural phenomena."

With this definition, G. Matheron introduced the term geostatistics in 1962 to describe a scientific approach to evaluation problems in geology and mining, from ore reserve estimation to grade control. This approach provides, in application, a coherent and efficient set of techniques enabling the geologist, mining engineer or metallurgist to use available information and obtain more accurate estimates.

First published in 1978, this book was the first complete reference work on the subject of mining geostatistics, an attempt to synthesize the practical experience gained by researchers from the Centre de Morphologie Mathematique in France and by mining engineers and geologists all over the world who contributed their ideas. It was designed for students and engineers who wished to apply geostatistics to practical problems occurring in the lifetime of a mine and for this reason was built around typical problems, progressing from the simplest to the most complicated: structural analysis, guiding exploration, estimation of in situ resources and recoverable reserves, numerical models of deposits, simulation of mining and homogenization processes, ore grade control in production. The techniques developed are illustrated by a large number of case studies and, as an aid to the reader, each chapter begins with a summary of the contents and there is a guide to the notation used. ... Read more

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Great Book For Geostatistician
I have a look at it inside this book, and I saw thats cover an wide geostatistics subject.

Its Great!Mining Geostatistics

The previous reviewer is getting boring
As I search for texts for learning geostatistics, this gentleman's standard rant appears everywhere, copied verbatim, as welcome as a stubborn pop-up ad. He seldom discusses the specifics of the book in question, rather, he just dismisses the whole field. Well as long as we're at that level, I'd remind him Kurt Godel showed that it is impossible using usual methods to be certain that the axioms of arithmetic will not lead to contradictions. So I guess we should can anything based on arithmetic. I wonder if he also haunts the theology book review pages touting the lack of empircal proof for god's existence? It would be better to post one's intellectual grudges elsewhere.

Geostatistics: perpetual motion indata acquisition
Professor D G Krige was working at the Witwatersrand gold reef complex in South Africa in the early 1950s when he discovered that two or more gold assays, determined in samples selected at positions with different coordinates in a finite sample space, give an infinite set of distance-weighted average gold grades. Professor Dr G Matheron was so pleased with Krige's convenient method to augment sparse data in large sample spaces that he himself conferred on Krige the honorific "krige" eponym.Krige, Matheron and scores of nascent geostatisticians did not know in those innovative days that every distance-weighted average has its own variance simply because one-to-one correspondence between weighted averages and variances is inviolable in mathematical statistics. On the contrary, statistically dysfunctional geostatistians decided to replace the true variance of the SINGLE distance-weighted average with the pseudo kriging variance of a SET of degrees-of-freedom and variance-deprived functionally dependent kriged estimates. It makes no scientific sense whatsoever to assume spatial dependence, interpolate by kriging, smooth pseudo kriging variances, and rig the rules of mathematical statistics. In time, nobody may remember when and why the distance-weighted average became a kriged estimate. And who said what's in a name?

Invaluable
A pity this text has gone out of print if you are a student
or practitioner of geostatistics this book is a must have as a comprehensive guide to the subject written by the world leaders in this field. Buy now! ... Read more

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It is now possible to predict the future when it comes to crime. In Data Mining and Predictive Analysis, Dr. Colleen McCue describes not only the possibilities for data mining to assist law enforcement professionals, but also provides real-world examples showing how data mining has identified crime trends, anticipated community hot-spots, and refined resource deployment decisions.In this book Dr. McCue describes her use of "off the shelf" software to graphically depict crime trends and to predict where future crimes are likely to occur. Armed with this data, law enforcement executives can develop "risk-based deployment strategies," that allow them to make informed and cost-efficient staffing decisions based on the likelihood of specific criminal activity.

Knowledge of advanced statistics is not a prerequisite for using Data Mining and Predictive Analysis. The book is a starting point for those thinking about using data mining in a law enforcement setting. It provides terminology, concepts, practical application of these concepts, and examples to highlight specific techniques and approaches in crime and intelligence analysis, which law enforcement and intelligence professionals can tailor to their own unique situation and responsibilities.

* Serves as a valuable reference tool for both the student and the law enforcement professional
* Contains practical information used in real-life law enforcement situations
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Data Mining & Predictive Analysis
Great book that covers numerous elements of the topic. It goes beyong just an academia understanding of the topic that is often too isolated from reality of crime(inability to understand operations by the law enforcement & its impact on the greater crime trends). Rather it focuses on an underlining issue of merging analysis & operations. The book is easy to read & is subdivided in a well progressive fashion. Any student who wish to pursue Masters in CJ or who does Behavioral Statistics must own this book!

Analytics guided CSI
Dr McCue's book shows how math can be applied in the public sector today to solve problems impacting all of us - namely finding the "bad guy". The author shows how patterns in data hold the key to intelligence - just as Tom Davenport does when he talks about analytics in the business world. Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning.

Data mining Data Mining Techniques: For Marketing, Sales, and Customer Relationship Managementis a popular practice in the marketing field and this new book shows how data mining software is being applied in the public sector as well.With data all around us - it is essential that we begin to apply techniques and implement softwareData Mining Using SAS Enterprise Miner: A Case Study Approach that can help us make sense out of the growing amounts of information.Information Revolution : Using the Information Evolution Model to Grow Your Business

I highly recommend this book to readers in the analytical field as well as to those in the police and law enforcement practice. ... Read more

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This respected reference on exploration, mining and metallurgy and investing explains in layman's terms how minerals are discovered, extracted, refined, and marketed. Also included is an extensive 28 page glossary of mining terms. ... Read more

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An Encyclopedia for Precious Metals Investors
This is much more than a geology book. The text has great info on evaluating mining management teams, drill results, and investment potential. Although I work in the financial industry,I found the book easy to read, yet with sufficient detail to convey essential material to help us tailor our precious metals investment portfolios.

The first half of the book covers prospecting, drill results, processing ore, building a mine, and environmental issues. The remainder is dedicated to evaluating mining operators, the business of mining, feasibility studies and the metals market investing strategies.

The book is filled with interesting pictures, diagrams, and charts.I searched far and wide and have not been able to find a text with similar breath and factual content. Even after the first reading many years ago I continue to refer back to it while researching new investment choices for my clients. I have given many copies away over the years and certainly will continue this tradition with the new updated 10th edition.5 STARS
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Apply powerful Data Mining Methods and Models to Leverage your Data for Actionable Results

Data Mining Methods and Models provides:
* The latest techniques for uncovering hidden nuggets of information
* The insight into how the data mining algorithms actually work
* The hands-on experience of performing data mining on large data sets

Data Mining Methods and Models:
* Applies a "white box" methodology, emphasizing an understanding of the model structures underlying the softwareWalks the reader through the various algorithms and provides examples of the operation of the algorithms on actual large data sets, including a detailed case study, "Modeling Response to Direct-Mail Marketing"
* Tests the reader's level of understanding of the concepts and methodologies, with over 110 chapter exercises
* Demonstrates the Clementine data mining software suite, WEKA open source data mining software, SPSS statistical software, and Minitab statistical software
* Includes a companion Web site, www.dataminingconsultant.com, where the data sets used in the book may be downloaded, along with a comprehensive set of data mining resources. Faculty adopters of the book have access to an array of helpful resources, including solutions to all exercises, a PowerPoint(r) presentation of each chapter, sample data mining course projects and accompanying data sets, and multiple-choice chapter quizzes.

With its emphasis on learning by doing, this is an excellent textbook for students in business, computer science, and statistics, as well as a problem-solving reference for data analysts and professionals in the field.

An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available onlne. ... Read more

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Strong on Statistics, Weaker on Data Mining
This book is part of a Data Mining three bookseries. The first book is the strongest of the three, and should be considered first. My advice on this book is that if you 1) have a dozen or more related books, and 2) you have already worked on at least one or two data mining projects, you should buy this book. It has enough good material to add it to your collection. If you are new to data mining you should look elsewhere.

The other two books are: Discovering Knowledge in Data: An Introduction to Data Mining and Data Mining the Web: Uncovering Patterns in Web Content, Structure, and Usage.

Methods and Models can be divided into three parts. The first part is a very strong 200 page review of traditional statistical techniques, specifically PCA/Factor Analysis, Multiple Regression, and Logistic Regression. These techniques absolutely belong in the Data Miners toolkit, but on most projects won't be as important as Decision Trees (covered in the first book). However, these are classical techniques, and the typical reader may have a lot of training or/and books on this material already. Having said that, this material is extremely well written. So if you are looking for a great review of these techniques you can do much worse. If you are looking for a discussion of how the application of these techniques to data mining differs from their application to statistics, you will be disappointed.

The second part of the book is the most helpful to me. It comprises of one chapter on Bayesian Networks and another on Genetic Algorithms. As always, the writing is clear, and to owners of SPSS Clementine 12.0, this section is of special interest because Bayesian Networks have just been added to Clementine. Methods and Models pre-dates the release of Clem 12.0, so it does not refer to it.

The third part of the book is a 50 page case study using the CRISP-DM methodology. This is a welcome addition, but is flawed in its execution. There are moments of brilliance: an application of over-balancing, a voting model, and tables showing several variations of models with their accuracies. Then ... the inevitable appearance in this book series of linear transformations and factor analysis as precursors to techniques that either do them automatically in Clementine, or are unneeded altogether. The veteran will know when to ignore this book, and when to pay attention- the novice might not.

In short, you should consider the first book, or both as a pair to add to a veteran data miner's collection. Only the rare reader should buy this book alone, and never as their first and only data mining book. ... Read more

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The Mining Camps Speak is for people who have visitedghost town sites in the past and were disappointed because there was"nothing left." Here is a new way to explore these mysterious sites,even if all that's left is rubble. The techniques are valid in anywestern state, even Alaska. It begins where other ghost townguidebooks end. It is the first book to guide readers around a site inSherlock Holmes fashion. Using the techniques of a historical sleuth,you will learn to identify forgotten pieces of the past. You will seefor yourself the lives that passed this way and you will hear TheMining Camps Speak. Illustrated with hundreds of black and whitephotographs and antique engravings. ... Read more

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Mining Camps Speak
This is a great book for anyone who wants to learn about old mining towns and what you can find when you visited them. I have a much better understanding of what to look for when I see old structures and now I might even be able to figure out what they once were! Great book and a fun read!

very informative
This is an invaluable resource when hiking old mining camps in the San Juan mountians.

Buy it now!
I have used this book with great success in my Colorado history classes and I recommend it to anyone with an interest in mining history and the Rocky Mountain West.Other books tell you where the "ghost towns" are located, but this book is unique in helping you understand what you are seeing when you get there.Their chapter on tin can dating alone is worth the price of the book.The research here is incredible and the photographs very clear.Take this along on your next trip into the mountains.

Fascinating!
This is a fabulous book which should appeal to anyone who spends any time in the back-country of the American West. You know those tumble-down buildings and random bits of rusted iron you occasionally encounter? Turnsout they're not the junky nuisance you thought. This book, which is afascinating read, will enable you to appreciate how folks 100 years agowere living in the very places you're exploring by showing you what allthose things were used for. A wonderful find (or gift) for anyone with aninterest in the mountains. ... Read more

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The 'Learn About Rural Life' series provides an outstanding set of titles for elementary level readers
The 'Learn About Rural Life' series provides an outstanding set of titles for elementary level readers. Each book is 32 pages long, includes an index, glossary, and bibliography including web sites, and is a top pick for any lending library. FARMING COMMUNITY, FISHING COMMUNITY, MINING COMMUNITY and FOREST COMMUNITY each provide overviews of what it's like to live in a rural community that depends on different industries. Follow the daily lives of families living in a selected community to see the past, present and future changes affecting that community and its industry. These will lend to reports and study.
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This unique guide directs you to a wide variety of both "fee and free" rockhounding and mineral adventures throughout the western states. Covers 100 collecting locations plus 153 museums, caves, points of interest, fairs and festivals. Digging locations include fee mines, gold prospecting areas, rock mineral and fossil collecting sites plus adventures and cave tours. Includes site information, hours of operation, costs, directions and maps, contact info, and tools and supplies needed. Excellent for anyone interested in rocks and minerals from the casual hobbyist to serious collectors to family vacationers ... Read more

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Finding Fee Mine Sites
This book is supposed to be a comprehensive listing of fee mining sites in the western states. It isn't. This book misses many important sites, gives minimal information and in some cases is plain out of date. Disappointing in a book that claims to be up to date. I found more and better information on the internet. While some of the information in the appedicies were interesting it was not enought to justify the cost of this book. If you really want to find all the fee dig sites in the states concerned you would be better of searching with you favourite search engine or reading Rock & Gem Magazine. I do not recommend this book.

Stinks??//
You can get better information from the internet and the book misses so much of what is available for fee mining...... P=wood, agates ( all kinds), t-eggs, jasper,opal, etc!!!!!!!!

Fee Mining and Rockhounding Adventures in the West
I really enjoyed reading this book. It has turned out to be a great reference for our trip through Utah, Wyoming and Colorado which we are planning for next Fall.

We are going to be camping in our RV and we have planned a route that will take us from our home in New Mexico through the Eastern region of Utah to Idaho and Montana and then to Wyoming and Colorado. This book has really assisted us in deciding where we want to stop and search for gems, minerals and fossils.

I would recommend this book for anyone who may be interested in finding great places to rock hound!

Should be named "museum guide"
Some useful digging sites, but more information about museums, caves, fairs, etc. There are better books out there for the serious rockhound.

Not Much Detail
I liked the state histories but for a rockhound the book is not of much use. The book tries to cover too many states with too little actual information on each state. A good example would be Arizona. The book lists 14 sites for Arizona but only 4 are listed as diggings. Of that 4 only 2 are actual rockhound sites and the other 2 are fee panning at a tour. The other 10 of the 14 are Museums, caves, points of interest, and fairs and festivals. ... Read more

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Few are better prepared than Vardis Fisher to write of the gold rushes and mining camps of the West.He brings together all of the remarkable men and women, all of the fascinating ingredients, all of the violent contrasts which, by chance, go to make up one of the most enthralling chapters in American history.Fisher, a respected scholar and versatile creative writer, devoted the better part of three years to the preparation and writing of this book. ... Read more

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Great Book
This is exactly what I expected it to be, a book full of pictures and stories about mining camps and general life in the "old west". It is rife with information on nearly every aspect of gold camp life, from the diggings and miners to the prostitutes and leisure activities. The book itself is of good quality and looks like it will endure years of thumbing and re-reads. If you are at all interested in the old west gold camps I'd highly recommend it. ... Read more

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Drawn from the US National Science Foundation’s Symposium on Next Generation of Data Mining and Cyber-Enabled Discovery for Innovation (NGDM 07), Next Generation of Data Mining explores emerging technologies and applications in data mining as well as potential challenges faced by the field.

Gathering perspectives from top experts across different disciplines, the book debates upcoming challenges and outlines computational methods. The contributors look at how ecology, astronomy, social science, medicine, finance, and more can benefit from the next generation of data mining techniques. They examine the algorithms, middleware, infrastructure, and privacy policies associated with ubiquitous, distributed, and high performance data mining. They also discuss the impact of new technologies, such as the semantic web, on data mining and provide recommendations for privacy-preserving mechanisms.

The dramatic increase in the availability of massive, complex data from various sources is creating computing, storage, communication, and human-computer interaction challenges for data mining. Providing a framework to better understand these fundamental issues, this volume surveys promising approaches to data mining problems that span an array of disciplines.

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Temporal data mining deals with the harvesting of useful information from temporal data. New initiatives in health care and business organizations have increased the importance of temporal information in data today.

From basic data mining concepts to state-of-the-art advances, Temporal Data Mining covers the theory of this subject as well as its application in a variety of fields. It discusses the incorporation of temporality in databases as well as temporal data representation, similarity computation, data classification, clustering, pattern discovery, and prediction. The book also explores the use of temporal data mining in medicine and biomedical informatics, business and industrial applications, web usage mining, and spatiotemporal data mining.

Along with various state-of-the-art algorithms, each chapter includes detailed references and short descriptions of relevant algorithms and techniques described in other references. In the appendices, the author explains how data mining fits the overall goal of an organization and how these data can be interpreted for the purpose of characterizing a population. She also provides programs written in the Java language that implement some of the algorithms presented in the first chapter. Check out the author's blog at http://theophanomitsa.wordpress.com/

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Wealth of references
The book is a survey of remarkable breadth, listing hundreds of sources among its chapters' bibliographies. (50-100 items per chapter, majority of them from conference proceedings). Evidently, this kind of volume does not let the author discuss any particular paper or topic in detail; at best, a reference is covered with a short paragraph. This does create a problem: the book's value is exhausted once the reader looks up the topic of interest, and moves on to the suggested references. "Temporal data mining" could do with a little more editing - Chapman and Hall ain't Springer - but I am pretty impressed with it the way it is, a competent and wide-ranging introduction to an interesting topic. ... Read more

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Long out of print, this highly praised classic study of western mining is now available with three new chapters by Elliott West. When originally published in 1963, Professor Paul’s book offered the first comprehensive view of western mining as an integral part of the settlement process. In his supplemental chapters, Professor West presents a sweeping social history of mining camps—encompassing discussions of gender, class, race, labor, and the environment. The combined scholarship of Paul and West makes a strong case for the transforming effects of the mining frontier on western society in particular and American society in general. The American Historical Review praised the original edition as “a fresh, penetrating approach.” This revised, expanded edition continues to offer a distinctively vivid voice and an unusually keen eye for telling detail. ... Read more

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Breezy black criminal attorney Tara Delacruz gets unpopular clients exonerated while her rival, the white-bread mayor and secret immortal, Cord Smith, wants them off his streets.Somewhere along their craggy coast, a fiend buries his victims at low tide at neck level.When the tide rises, they don't drown.Their town is spooked.Cord knows someone has found an evil use of immortality and believes the lawyer may have run across him.When he's forced to speak with her, he falls for the woman he censures.Bound to a secret conspiracy, he can't share everything, yet he warns her not to accept this twisted case. ... Read more

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minning evermore
this book was veryentertainingfast pace , would read more from this author

Fantastic
MINING EVERMORE had me shivering when I wasn't magically drawn to Tara and Cord during their perilous search for a sinister fiend.Their search ended in a surprise, but it fit.I adored Cord's conviction to keep Tara safe and loved him when he was angry and frustrated when he couldn't.MINING EVERMORE will leave you believing in love with all its major transformations.

Mining Evermore is a great read!
Kathleen Rowland put her heart and soul in the writing of this book and it shows.She keeps you right in there, wondering who is committing the crimes.She's got an interesting twist on immortality unlike anything I've seen in other paranormal books.Her development of the characters is masterful.I think you'll enjoy this and won't be sorry you picked it up. ... Read more