Fundamentals of Predictive Text Mining

Our book is aimed at IT professionals and managers as well as advanced undergraduate computer science students and beginning graduate students. Some background in data mining is beneficial but is not essential. A few sections discuss advanced concepts that require mathematical maturity for a proper understanding. In such sections, intuitive explanations are also provided that may suffice for the less advanced reader. Most parts of the book can be read and understood by anyone with a sufficient analytic bend. If you are looking to do research in the area, the material in this book will provide direction in expanding your horizons. If you want to be a practitioner of text mining, you can read about our recommended methods and our descriptions of case studies. The software requires familiarity with running command-line programs and editing configuration files