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Data Mining with SQL Server 2005 Review by D. Lean
A bible for those using SQL 2005
Some people commented on the poor editing: typos & some wrong pictures. True. (It detracts, but you can figure it out easily)
Some stated that it is not a good general overview of Data Mining. True (though it has a bit of a summary)
Some stated that is doesn't discuss business applications in detail. Yes, (it only makes brief reference to them).
Some stated that it is very vendor specific. Hello, read the title - SQL 2005.
It is a must read for anyone who wants to take maximum advantage of SQL Server 2005 Data Mining. It goes thru all the algorithms, tells you how each one works, how to tune them & how to embed them into your applications. It compliments the Books On-Line materials, tutorials & sample code that ship with the product.
(interesting how people pay for a textbook & never bother to read the copous amount of materials that ships with the product.)
It does give you a bit of background in DM, & does walk you thru using the tools (SSMS & BIDS) used to create & administer the Data Mining.
It doesn't talk about using the Data Mining Viewer controls in Visual Studio 2005.
It is an easy read & very informative. Especially if you go to the trouble of downloading the samples & data from the web site & actually build the models with the book & step thru the code.
While it isn't really an indepth treatment of DMX in the way that "George Spofford's MDX Solutions" is for MDX. It does give you more than enough examples to be able to create, train & predict from the models.
It also gives enough to embed your DM models into your applications, Use them from Excel & take full advantage of the DM built-into SQL Intergration Services.
If you want an DM Overview for business use - check out Barry Lindof's book