数据挖掘和知识发现（Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery，DMKD）技术就是在这样的背景下产生的，是在数据库技术、机器学习、人工智能、统计分析、模型逻辑、人工神经网络和专家系统等基础上发展起来的新兴交叉科学，是继网络之后的又一个技术热点。如果将数据库中的大量数据比喻为矿床，则DMKD技术就是从这矿床中挖掘知识的“金块”的工具。由于其诱人的前景和巨大的难道，使得DMKD成为计算机信息处理领域的研究热点和前沿技术。-Data Mining and Knowledge

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