What is data mining? In your answer, address the following:
(a) Is it another hype?
(b) Is it a simple transformation or application of technology developed from databases, statistics, machine learning, and pattern recognition?
(c) We have presented a view that data mining is the result of the evolution of database technology. Do you think that data mining is also the result of the evolution of machine learning research? Can you present such views based on the historical progress of this discipline? Address the same for the fields of statistics and pattern recognition.
(d) Describe the steps involved in data mining when viewed as a process of knowledge discovery.