Iam learning data mining and wondered how Python figures when it comes to data mining? Are there good tools for data mining in python?
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The question is a bit ambiguous, but IMHO, with Python being a great all-round language, there is no reason why you can't use it for data mining.
You also have the advantage that Python/GTK could be used for displaying progress and/or output
It also have a great range of libraries.
If you want to distribute your data mining across many servers, each with discrete data then you could have a look at Parallel Python for distributing workloads.
I say, in place of a DSL, why not?
Other languages such as Erlang might also be of interest (and it is all the rage so you will be down with the kids too :S )
Aiden Bell
2009-08-24 11:16:23
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The Orange data-mining framework is written in, and extensible via, Python.
Dirk Eddelbuettel
2009-08-24 11:23:55
+1, loving the retro UI on that
Aiden Bell
2009-08-24 11:30:52
I checked out orange. Pretty cool. But no updates so far for python 2.6 and 3.x
Goutham
2009-08-24 11:34:06
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The book Programming Collective Intelligence might be a great start for you. It uses Python and implements a couple of interesting data mining algorithms, covering lots of ground.
nikow
2009-08-24 11:32:17
The same author, Toby Segaran, occupation "data magnate", also has a good new book I am just starting called Programming the Semantic Web, which is more about real data mining than some of the theoretical linguistic stuff associated with the term.
bvmou
2009-08-24 18:04:45
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While Collective Intelligence is excellent and does use Python, an actual TOOL that's ready to go is the Orange Toolkit as mentioned by user Dirk Eddelbuettel.
It gives you a visual environment within which you can build your DM process. It also gives you scriptability of all the components via Python.
ybakos
2009-09-10 02:59:34