Active mining: new directions of data mining

The need for collecting relevant data sources, mining useful knowledge from different forms of data sources and promptly reacting to situation change is ever increasing. Active mining is a collection of activities each solving a part of this need, but collectively achieving the mining objective through the spiral effect of these interleaving three steps. This book is a joint effort from leading and active researchers in Japan with a theme about active mining and a timely report on the forefront of data collection, user-centered mining and user interaction/reaction. It offers a contemporary overview of modern solutions with real-world applications, shares hard-learned experiences, and sheds light on future development of active mining.