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Data Mining of Crime Research Information Statistics Portal: The Experience and Lessons Learned
Abstract
In an effort to find some interesting information in a volume of crime information provided by the Secure Police Department (we use a fictitious name for the department) we undertook an effort to apply data mining techniques and algorithms to this data. We used the Megaputer PolyAnalyst data mining tool in a client server configuration with lackluster results. We discovered that data mining is an effort that takes a lot of planning and preparation, requires domain expertise, is extremely resource intensive and although correlations and patterns are readily apparent, they are very rarely of the “interesting” variety.
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