What Are Some of the Obstacles to Developing Data-Mining Applications

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Essay

What are some of the obstacles to developing data-mining applications in the real world? Does this mean that data-mining projects should be avoided?

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Definitions:

Priming

A technique in psychology used to influence a participant's response to a stimulus by exposing them to a previous stimulus.

Cognitive Facilitation

The improvement in performance of one cognitive task due to exercises or activities that stimulate cognition.

Heuristics

Mental shortcuts or rules of thumb that simplify decision making.

Prime Numbers

Natural numbers greater than 1 that have no positive divisors other than 1 and themselves, crucial in number theory.