Assignment

 How is a data mining different from a database? 

2. Present an example where data mining is crucial to the success of a business. 

3. Explain the difference and similarity between discrimination and classification, between characterization and clustering, and between classification and regression 

4. Describe three challenges to data mining a regarding data mining methodology and user interaction issue. 

5. Outline the major research challenge of data mining in one specific application domain, such as stream/sensor data analysis, spatiotemporal data analysis, or bioinformatics.