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Open Source and Free Data Mining

This document discusses and compares several commercial and open-source data mining software packages. It provides descriptions of the top free data mining software: KNIME, SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT), Apache Mahout, RapidMiner, and Orange. KNIME is an open-source modular data analytics platform. SSDT is a free tool from Microsoft for database development. Apache Mahout is an open-source machine learning library focused on clustering, classification, and filtering. RapidMiner and Orange are both open-source tools for predictive analysis, machine learning, and data visualization.

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Open Source and Free Data Mining

This document discusses and compares several commercial and open-source data mining software packages. It provides descriptions of the top free data mining software: KNIME, SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT), Apache Mahout, RapidMiner, and Orange. KNIME is an open-source modular data analytics platform. SSDT is a free tool from Microsoft for database development. Apache Mahout is an open-source machine learning library focused on clustering, classification, and filtering. RapidMiner and Orange are both open-source tools for predictive analysis, machine learning, and data visualization.

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Commercial and Free Software Packages for Data Mining

What is Data Mining?

The process by which companies use to turn raw statistical data into understandable and

useful information for their analytics in terms of consumer behaviour. Whether it is used in

marketing, retail, or banking industries, data mining can prove to be an essential part of how

business can conduct their practices successfully. By gaining an insight into consumer

behaviour through large data sets turned into useful information, companies can develop

their marketing strategies to increase their exposure and sales.

How does Data Mining Software work?

Data Mining programmes take the raw numerical data that companies obtain and use

statistical information to analyse the relationships and patterns that they form making it

much more comprehensible by companies and thus informing their next step.

An example of this could be that a business wants to use data mining to determine whether

a certain product is liked by its general audience. The business will thus look at the

information that it collects and create a clear distinction of its popularity based on the

number of views, orders, and highly rated reviews that it has obtained.

Here are some commercial and free data mining software that you can use for your

companies!

Top Open-Source and Free Data Mining Software:


1. KNIME

Knime is open source

KNIME is the best platform for data analytics and reporting. KNIME is developed by

KNIME.com AG on the concept of the modular data pipeline. It consists of various machine

learning and data mining components that work together to integrate software, hardware,

and cloud services with ease.

KNIME has been used for a variety of pharmaceutical research. Additionally, the software

works exceptionally well when it comes to looking at customer data analysis, financial data

analysis, and business intelligence.

KNIME is a popular data analytics platform that is used widely by predictive analysts. KNIME

simplifies the process of predictive analytics by automating it. It offers features like quick

deployment, scalability, and ease of use. Since it is easy to use, users can easily get familiar

with the software in little to no time. This has made predictive analytics accessible to even

novice users.

The Knime Web Portal

2. SQL Server Data Tools:

SQL Server Data Tools or SSDT is a licensed software and is available to download for free.

SSDT is a universal model that utilizes and further expands database development. It is a

development tool manufactured by Microsoft that is believed to be a replacement to the

Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) which was the former software created by
Microsoft. It has all the capability of BIDS as well as some additional enhancements.

Developers utilize the SSDT software to create, debug, and refactor their databases.

With SSDT, users have the option of working with a database directly or with a connected

database which provides them with an on or off premise facility

With access to visual studio tools for database development, users can create databases like

code navigation support as well as programming support.

SQL Server Data Tools Website

3. Apache Mahout

Apache Mahout is Open-Source

Apache Mahout is a machine learning library that was developed by the Apache Foundation.

The primary purpose of this project is to provide algorithms for machine learning. It mainly

focuses on data clustering, classification, and collaborative filtering.

Apache Mahout is a machine learning software that is developed by the Apache Foundation.

This software’s primary purpose is to create machine learning algorithms. The main focus

area for Apache Mahout is data clustering, classification as well as collaborative filtering.

The software is known to be used by some of the biggest tech giants in the industry ranging

from Adobe to Twitter. Since it is written in JAVA, it includes a number of JAVA libraries that

help in performing mathematical operations, namely, linear algebra and statistics. Thus,

Apache Mahout can be a great choice when mining huge volumes of numerical data sets.
Mahout is growing at an exponential rate and also allows for easy integration with Hadoop.

Compared to Hadoop, the algorithms used by Mahout are much better through mapping

and/or reducing the templates.

Some Key Features of Mahout include:

 Pre-made Algorithms

 An extensible programming environment

 A math experimentation environment

Apache Mahout Website

4. Rapid Miner

Rapid Miner is Open-Source

Rapid Miner is a predictive analysis software system developed by the company that has the

same name, Rapid Miner. As it is written in JAVA it provides an integrated environment for It

is written in JAVA and is a complete solution for text mining, machine learning, and data

mining. It provides an integrated environment for deep learning and predictive analysis

when using data sets.

Rapid Miner is a very versatile tool and can be utilized in a range of avenues such as

business applications, training, research, machine learning, and education as well.

It comes with a template-based structure that enables the user to receive a speedy delivery

with a limited number of errors.

It offers the server both on premise and in the public or private cloud and uses a client and

server model as its base.


It also allows for swift and flawless integration with different programming languages such

as Python and R into its workflows.

Rapid Miner Website

5. Orange

Orange is Open-Source

Orange acts as the perfect data mining and machine learning software suite. It is written in

Python and adds to data visualization is a component-based software.

As a component-based software, Orange calls its components as ‘widgets.’ These widgets

are used for data visualization and to pre-process the evaluation of algorithms and

predictive models.

With the widgets users can have access to:

 Data Tables with features

 Comparing Learning Algorithms and,

 Visualising all the data elements

Similar to its name, Orange provides a much more interactive platform in comparison to

other software tools.

The Orange Website

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