数据挖掘,就是从大量数据中获取有效的、新颖的、潜在有用的信息过程。美国SAS软件研究所将其定义为:数据挖掘是按照既定的业务目标,对大量的企业数据进行探索、揭示隐藏其中的规律性并进一步模型化的先进、有效的方法。作为近年来新兴的学科之一,数据挖掘技术融合了众多领域的思想,其中包括统 Data mining is to obtain effective, novel, potentially useful information processes from a large amount of data. SAS Institute of the United States to define it as: Data mining is in accordance with established business goals, a large number of enterprise data to explore, reveal the hidden and further modeling of the advanced and effective method. As one of the emerging disciplines in recent years, data mining technology incorporates many areas of thinking, including