“The field of draws on findings from statistics, databases, and artificial intelligence to construct tools that let users gain insight from massive data sets.”
- Michael Pazzani, Intelligent Systems
Pazzani’s quote was originally published in February 1999 and did not reference big data; it referenced knowledge discovery and data mining (KDD). In the '90s, there was considerable excitement around KDD, a new field of analysis that seemed poised to revolutionize the way we make decisions.
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