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                                 Companion chapters on advanced data mining. Chapters 8 to 10 of the second
                                 edition of the book, which cover mining complex data types, are available on the
                                 book’s web sites for readers who are interested in learning more about such advanced
                                 topics, beyond the themes covered in this book.
                                 Instructors’ manual. This complete set of answers to the exercises in the book is
                                 available only to instructors from the publisher’s web site.
                                 Course syllabi and lecture plans. These are given for undergraduate and graduate
                                 versions of introductory and advanced courses on data mining, which use the text
                                 and slides.
                                 Supplemental reading lists with hyperlinks. Seminal papers for supplemental read-
                                 ing are organized per chapter.
                                 Links to data mining data sets and software. We provide a set of links to
                                 data mining data sets and sites that contain interesting data mining software
                                 packages, such as IlliMine from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
                                 (http://illimine.cs.uiuc.edu).
                                 Sample assignments, exams, and course projects. A set of sample assignments,
                                 exams, and course projects is available to instructors from the publisher’s web site.
                                 Figures from the book. This may help you to make your own slides for your
                                 classroom teaching.
                                 Contents of the book in PDF format.
                                 Errata on the different printings of the book. We encourage you to point out any
                                 errors in this book. Once the error is confirmed, we will update the errata list and
                                 include acknowledgment of your contribution.

                               Comments or suggestions can be sent to hanj@cs.uiuc.edu. We would be happy to hear
                               from you.
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