Theoretical Factors underlying Data Mining Techniques in Developing Countries: a case of Tanzania

Abstract

Just as the mining of Tanzanite is the process of extracting large block of hard rock`s by using sophisticated hard rock mining techniques to find valuable tanzanite glamour, data mining is the process of extracting useful information or knowledge from large un-organized data to enable effective decision making. Although data mining technology is growing rapidly, many IT experts and business consultants may not have a clue about the term. The purpose of this paper is to introduce data mining techniques, tools, a survey of data mining applications, data mining ethics and data mining process.