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Han, Jiawei.
Data mining : concepts and techniques / Jiawei Han, Micheline Kamber, Jian Pei. – 3rd ed.
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ISBN 978-0-12-381479-1
1. Data mining. I. Kamber, Micheline. II. Pei, Jian. III. Title.
QA76.9.D343H36 2011
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