
An excellent statistical interpretation of Data Mining - The book provides a long-sought link between Statistics and Data Mining. Problems of classification are adequately addressed with regard to both model accuracy and reliability. The discussion of boosting and its evolution demonstrates just how fast greediness for accurate classifiers is growing.In the years to come will apparently witness an increasing wave of multi-disciplinary approaches in devising and modifying classification techniques. Whenever that comes, this book will already have made its contribution to that development.