Data Mining Algorithms in C++: Data Patterns and Algorithms for Modern Applications. Timothy Masters

Discover hidden relationships among the variables in your data, and
learn how to exploit these relationships. This book presents a
collection of data-mining algorithms that are effective in a wide
variety of prediction and classification applications. All algorithms
include an intuitive explanation of operation, essential equations,
references to more rigorous theory, and commented C++ source code.
Many of these techniques are recent developments, still not in
widespread use. Others are standard algorithms given a fresh look. In
every case, the focus is on practical applicability, with all code
written in such a way that it can easily be included into any program.
The Windows-based DATAMINE program lets you experiment with the
techniques before incorporating them into your own work.
What you'll learn


Monte-Carlo permutation tests provide statistically sound assessment of relationships present in your data.

Combinatorially symmetric cross validation reveals whether your
model has true power or has just learned noise by overfitting the data.

Feature weighting as regularized energy-based learning ranks
variables according to their predictive power when there is too little
data for traditional methods.

The eigenstructure of a dataset enables clustering of variables
into groups that exist only within meaningful subspaces of the data.

Plotting regions of the variable space where there is
disagreement between marginal and actual densities, or where
contribution to mutual information is high, provides visual insight into
anomalous relationships.


Who this book is for

The techniques presented in this book and in the DATAMINE program
will be useful to anyone interested in discovering and exploiting
relationships among variables. Although all code examples are written in
C++, the algorithms are described in sufficient detail that they can
easily be programmed in any language. 



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