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In most data mining projects you build a number of models before you find the one that best solves the business problem. Oracle Data Miner automates building different kinds of models using a variety of algorithms.
Oracle Data Miner simplifies and automates the steps required for data mining projects.
Building models is complicated by the fact that the algorithm used to build the model may have special requirements for the data. The specific requirements depend on the algorithm; for example, an algorithm might require that the data be normalized. Oracle Data Miner simplifies this task by performing required transformations automatically. These required transformations are embedded in the model. When you apply a model to new data, the new data must be transformed in the same way as the data used to build the model. Since the transformations are embedded in the model, they can be applied automatically.