The design and use of the TMiner component-based data mining framework

This paper provides some practical guidelines for the design of data mining frameworks. It describes the rationale behind some of the key design decisions that guided the design, development, and implementation of the TMiner component-based data mining framework. TMiner is a flexible framework that can be used as a stand-alone tool or integrated into larger business intelligence (BI) solutions. TMiner is a general-purpose component-based system designed to support the whole KDD process into a single framework and thus facilitate the implementation of complex data mining scenarios. 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.