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Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 11:24:45 -0700
From: Kerry Martin kerry@salford-systems.com
Subject: A Practical Introduction to Data Mining with CART(r) and MARS(tm)

A Practical Introduction to Data Mining with CART(r) and MARS(tm)
by Dan Steinberg, Salford Systems

* June 24-25 in Washington DC, 
* June 28-29 in New York, 
* August 7-8 in Baltimore (just before ASA's Joint Statistical Meetings),  
* August 19-20 in San Diego (right after KDD '99)

This new two-day seminar is for data analysts and modelers interested in
understanding decision-tree technology and in learning about MARS, a brand
new data-mining tool developed by one of CART's originators.

On Day 1, master CART decision-tree fundamentals ... learn about
decision-tree applications ... how to build and interpret CART trees ...
and how to use advanced options-alternative splitting rules, prior
probabilities, misclassification-to construct more robust predictive
models.   During the morning of Day 2, explore the practical use and
application of decision-trees in solving real world data-mining problems.

On the afternoon of Day 2, be the first on your block to get answers about
an exciting, new regression modeling tool - what is MARS?  Why does it
work?  How can it be used?  How can it help you develop more accurate
data-mining models.  Learn how to plan and execute MARS analyses ... refine
runs with key control parameters � and how to use MARS to improve an
existing model.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.salford-systems.com/training.html

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