Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is Data Mining? -- Data Mining Technologies -- Concepts and Techniques in Data Mining -- Directions and Trends in Data Mining -- Technologies for Data Mining -- Database Systems -- Data Models -- Relational Data Model -- Entity-Relationship Data Model -- Object-Oriented Data Model -- Object Relational Data Model -- Logic-Based Data Model -- Architectural Issues -- Database Design -- Database Administration -- Database Management System Functions -- Query Processing -- Transaction Management -- Storage Management -- Metadata Management -- Database Integrity -- Database Security -- Fault Tolerance -- Database Systems and Mining -- Architectural, Modeling, Design and Administration Aspects -- Data Mining and Database Functions -- Data Warehousing -- Technologies for Data Warehousing -- Developing the Data Warehouse -- Data Warehousing and Data Mining -- Some Other Technologies for Data Mining -- Statistical Reasoning -- Machine Learning -- Visualization -- Parallel Processing -- Decision Support -- Architectural Support for Data Mining -- Integration with Other Technologies -- Functional Architecture -- System Architecture -- Client-Server Technology -- Relationship to Mining -- Techniques and Tools for Data Mining -- The Process of Data Mining -- Steps to Data Mining -- Challenges -- User Interface Aspects -- Data Mining Outcomes, Approaches, and Techniques -- Outcomes of Data Mining -- Approaches to Data Mining -- Data Mining Techniques and Algorithms -- Logic Programming as a Data Mining Technique.

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