Patent ID: 6970882

Claim:
A method for managing data mining activities in a data mining environment, the data mining environment having data sets, a data mining tool, a data mining model, model training results stored in model training results files, and scoring output data stored in records in model scoring results tables, the method comprising: selecting a model scoring results table, wherein the selecting is carried out in dependence upon metadata included in a model scoring results control table, the model scoring results control table being related to a data set control table including data set metadata; reading a scoring output data record from the selected model scoring results table; storing the scoring output data record in a managed representation table for scoring result, the managed representation table for scoring results comprising an identification number for each record in the selected model scoring results table and model scoring results data from the selected model scoring results table; selecting a model training results file, wherein the selecting is carried out in dependence upon metadata included in a mining model control table, the mining model control table being related to the data set control table and the model scoring results control table; reading training results data from the selected model training results file; and storing the training results data in at least one model training results table, the at least one model training results table comprising a relational representation of the training results data from the selected model training results file, one of the at least one model training results table referencing the mining model control table, the managed representation table for scoring results being related to the referencing model training results table, the data set control table, the mining model control table, and the model scoring results control table.