Mustafa Mat Deris – författare

This book provides an introduction to data science and offers a practical overview of the concepts and techniques that readers need to get the most out of their large-scale data mining projects and research studies. It discusses data-analytical thinking, which is essential to extract useful knowledge and obtain commercial value from the data. Also known as data-driven science, soft computing and data mining disciplines cover a broad interdisciplinary range of scientific methods and processes. The book provides readers with sufficient knowledge to tackle a wide range of issues in complex systems, bringing together the scopes that integrate soft computing and data mining in various combinations of applications and practices, since to thrive in these data-driven ecosystems, researchers, data analysts and practitioners must understand the design choice and options of these approaches. This book helps readers to solve complex benchmark problems and to better appreciate the concepts, tools and techniques used.

This book unfolds ways to transform data into innovative solutions perceived as new remarkable and meaningful value. It offers practical views of the concepts and techniques readers need to get the most out of their large-scale research and data mining projects. It strides them through the data-analytical thinking, circumvents the difficulty in deciphering complex data systems and obtaining commercialization value from the data. Also known as data-driven science, soft computing and data mining disciplines cover a broad spectrum, an interdisciplinary field of scientific methods and processes. The book, Recent Advances in Soft Computing and Data Mining, delivers sufficient knowledge to tackle a wide range of issues seen in complex systems. This is done by exploring a vast combination of practices and applications by incorporating these two domains. To thrive in these data-driven ecosystems, researchers, data analysts, and practitioners must choose the best design to approach theproblem with the most efficient tools and techniques. To thrive in these data-driven ecosystems, researchers, data analysts, and practitioners must understand the design choice and options of these approaches, thus to better appreciate the concepts, tools, and techniques used.

This book explores methods for leveraging data to create innovative solutions that offer significant and meaningful value. It provides practical insights into the concepts and techniques essential for maximizing the outcomes of large-scale research and data mining projects. Readers are guided through analytical thinking processes, addressing challenges in deciphering complex data systems and deriving commercial value from the data. Soft computing and data mining, also known as data-driven science, encompass a diverse range of interdisciplinary scientific methods and processes. The proceedings of "Recent Advances on Soft Computing and Data Mining" provide comprehensive knowledge to address various challenges encountered in complex systems. By integrating practices and applications from both domains, it offers a robust framework for tackling these issues. To excel in data-driven ecosystems, researchers, data analysts, and practitioners must carefully select the most suitable approaches and tools. Understanding the design choices and options available is essential for appreciating the underlying concepts, tools, and techniques utilized in these endeavors.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Soft Computing and Data Mining, SCDM 2014, held in Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, in June 16th-18th, 2014. The 65 revised full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 145 submissions, and organized into two main topical sections; Data Mining and Soft Computing. The goal of this book is to provide both theoretical concepts and, especially, practical techniques on these exciting fields of soft computing and data mining, ready to be applied in real-world applications. The exchanges of views pertaining future research directions to be taken in this field and the resultant dissemination of the latest research findings makes this work of immense value to all those having an interest in the topics covered.

These proceedings gather outstanding research papers presented at the Second International Conference on Data Engineering 2015 (DaEng-2015) and offer a consolidated overview of the latest developments in databases, information retrieval, data mining and knowledge management. The conference brought together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to address key challenges in these fields, discuss advanced data engineering concepts and form new collaborations. The topics covered include but are not limited to:

•             Data engineering

•             Big data

•             Data and knowledge visualization

•             Data management

•             Data mining and warehousing

•             Data privacy & security

•             Database theory

•             Heterogeneous databases

•             Mobile, grid and cloud computing

•             Knowledge management

•             Parallel and distributed data

•             Temporal data

•             Web data, services and information engineering

•             Decision support systems

•             E-Business engineering and management

•             E-commerce and e-learning

•             Geographical information systems

•             Information management

•             Information quality and strategy

•             Information retrieval, integration and visualization

•             Information security

•             Information systems and technologies