DATA MINING AND KDD TECHNICAL RESEARCH 2
Data Mining and KDD Technical Research
The ways of discovering knowledge and the retrieval of information may be taken as
simple particularly when seen from a terminological perspective. Knowledge Discovery in
Databases(KDD) deals with the discovery of patterns in data to present it in understandable,
useful, novels and valid ways. Information retrieval can further be taken as the retrieval of
information associated with searching the different documents and information present in large
databases. Knowledge management (KM) is another important term when dealing with KDD,
and it is related to knowledge searching carried out by organizations in gaining more
information. Knowledge management systems (KMS) come into play when dealing with the
issue of obtaining and using information.
Various variations exist about data elements particularly concerning their usefulness or
potential validity. Such data elements and their integration change toby tasks, organizations, and
individuals (Kargupta & Joshi, 2001). Relevance is specifically associated with certain types of
data and varies amongst different parties even as information retrieval takes place to meet the
information needs to perform a certain function. Ensuring that retrieved data is comprehendible
is quite tasking and difficult. The contexts matter when dealing with data retrieval
comprehension since different parties understand the data differently. Both KDD and IR are
quite complex issues that have many factors, which affect them. The various factors include
methods and tools utilized in retrieval and search of information, data, and needs seeking traits of
users in the system together with the database size and the form of data therein. Such factors
need to be considered when looking at KDD and IR.
When dealing with IR and KDD, it is important to consider their connection with
database management systems (DBMS). There are four categories of DBMS, which include