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viFOREWORDThis book presents this new discipline in a very accessible form: as a textboth to train the next generation of practitioners <strong>and</strong> researchers <strong>and</strong> to informlifelong learners like myself. Witten <strong>and</strong> Frank have a passion for simple <strong>and</strong>elegant solutions. They approach each topic with this mindset, grounding allconcepts in concrete examples, <strong>and</strong> urging the reader to consider the simpletechniques first, <strong>and</strong> then progress to the more sophisticated ones if the simpleones prove inadequate.If you are interested in databases, <strong>and</strong> have not been following the machinelearning field, this book is a great way to catch up on this exciting progress. Ifyou have data that you want to analyze <strong>and</strong> underst<strong>and</strong>, this book <strong>and</strong> the associatedWeka toolkit are an excellent way to start.

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