Patent ID: 6112194
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for displaying a visual quality indicator for a data mining operation, said method comprising the steps of:receiving a user selected mining technique type for the data mining operation, said user selected mining technique type being used to analyze a collection of data for the data mining operation;identifying a quality measure type for said user selected mining technique type;processing said user selected mining technique type for the data mining operation and measuring a quality indicator using said quality measure type;displaying said measured quality indicator while processing said user selected mining technique type for the data mining operation; andwherein said step of identifying said quality measure type for said user selected mining technique type includes the steps ofchecking for a user selected quality measure type; andutilizing an identified user selected quality measure type for said user selected mining technique type for the data mining operation; said user selected mining technique type comprising one of association, sequential patterns, classification, clustering/segmentation, and value prediction.