Intelligent Databases: Technologies and Applications : 9781599041209

Computer-based information technologies have been extensively used to help many organizations, private companies, and academic and education institutions manage their processes and information systems hereby become their nervous center. Information systems are used to manage data. The explosion of massive data sets created by businesses, science and governments necessitates intelligent and more powerful computing paradigms so that users can benefit from this data. This information needs to be summarized and synthesized to support effective problem solving and decision making. Various techniques have been proposed for intelligent data processing and analysis in the area of artificial intelligence (AI). Machine learning, for example, would implement various forms of learning, in particular mechanisms capable of inducing knowledge from examples or data.

Databases are designed to support the data storage, processing, and retrieval activities related to data management in information systems. Database management systems provide efficient task support and tremendous gain in productivity is hereby accomplished using these technologies. Database systems are the key to implementing data management. Data management requires database technique support. Database technology is typically application-oriented. With advances and in-deep applications of computer technologies, in particular, the extensive applications of Web technology in various areas, databases have become the repositories of large volumes of data. It is very critical to manage and use the worth data resource for effective problem solving and decision making. The research and development of intelligent databases are hereby emerging as a new discipline and are receiving increasing attention. The knowledge discovery in databases and data mining has witnessed it.