R ESEARCH FIELDS OF DATA MINING ALGORITHMS Ferenc BODON

Mining information and knowledge from large databases has been recognized by many researchers as a key research topic, and by many industrial companies as an important area with a possibility of obtaining more profit. Several information providing services, such as data warehousing and on-line services over the Internet, also noticed the need for various data mining techniques to better understand user behavior, to improve the service provided, and to increase the business opportunities. In this paper I give a short summary of the different data mining fields.