PLEASE HELP ME, I am stuck!!!!
- From: "dataminer101" <dataminer101@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 10 Jan 2006 07:07:08 -0800
Hi everybody and happy new year to all of you.
I am asking for your help because I am really not getting anywhere with
my project. So you guys are my last hope.
I am a newbie to data mining and I am doing my best to learn the basics
so that I get started with my project.
I guess my problem, is the fact that I am new to data mining and I have
no clue how to get started. The approach I have been following is
trying to read books about data mining and machine learning so that I
can understand and compare all the "numerous" algorithms out there and
then try to find to the one(s) that would apply to my case.
The first problem with this approach is that I did not find any good
resources (either the subjects are treated on the surface or they are
overly made complex and hard to follow through). The second problem is
that it is incredibly time consuming. So I am wondering if I should
continue in this path or if I should try to proceed differently.
I am sure that a lot of you guys have been in the same position and
some of you have struggled with this problem just like me. So, I am
hopping that you guys would suggest a method that would help me get
started.
The project I am working on is related to the field of agriculture and
has as objective to try to find the best values of all the parameters
that affect the outcome (the amount of meat produced) of an animal
production (could be dairy, poultry, porch, etc...)
So as I said, the approach is to run one or more algorithms on
historical data for a certain type of production (poultry for example)
and trying to find what should be the best values for the operating
conditions that would maximize the growth of the animals (weight),
while trying to minimize the production costs. A few examples of the
questions that this project is trying to solve are as follows: when is
the best time and how long should the barns be light? When and how much
food should we give the animals? What is the best operating temperature
set point? When and how much cooling/heating should be done? , etc....
As you noticed, all these questions are concerned with the optimization
of the operating conditions but most importantly, the reduction of
operating costs. Huge amounts (10's of Go) of historical data for these
operating conditions are to be used for this purpose.
PS: I am trying to use the Weka learning environment (java based and
open-source).
I hope that you guys would kind enough to help me work my way trough
this. I would appreciate your help and advice and I thank in advance
all of you who took the time to read this lengthy post
Cheers.
.
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