This handbook was created with the input of an international board of 14 who represented some of the foremost authorities in data mining from academia and industry. The figures and tables included in the handbook illustrate the concept, methods and tools of data mining and references provide a road map for further in-depth study of any of the data mining concepts and methods. Thirteen of the chapters in the book deal with the methodologies of data mining; six chapters deal with how to manage data mining for maximizing outcome utility. Finally nine chapters illustrate the methods and...