A Three-layered Conceptual Framework of Data Mining

The study of the foundations of data mining may be viewed as a scientific inquiry into the nature of data mining and the scope of data mining methods. There is not enough attention paid to the study of the nature of data mining, or its philosophical foundations. It is evident that conceptual studies of data mining as a scientific fields, instead of a collection of isolated algorithms, are needed for the further development of the field. A three-layered conceptual framework is thus proposed, consisting of the philosophy layer, the technique layer and the application layer. Each layer focuses on different types of fundamental questions regarding data mining, and jointly they form a complete characterization of the field. To complement the extensive technique layer and application layer studies, we discuss in detail the main issues of the philosophy layer study.

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