Evaluating data mining procedures: Techniques for generating artificial data sets

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 579-587

  Scott, P D ^a   Wilkins, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA REDUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; FRACTALS;

ARTIFICIAL DATA SETS; PSEUDO-RANDOM GENERATORS;

DATA MINING;

EID: 0032665796     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(99)00021-X     Document Type: Article

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