Because it's Friday: Data Mining Disasters

Let's face it: data mining isn't perfect. Sure, it seems easy: plug in some data, choose a fancy algorithm and, hey presto, predictions! Things can go wrong, however. Sometimes, disastrously wrong. Things like power law failures, BLAST accidents, decision tree forest fires, and even numeric overflow:

See Mary McGlohon's report linked below for all the potentially catastrophic pitfalls and some (fashion-forward!) recommendations for addressing them.

Mary McGlohon: Data Mining Disasters: a report (via Gregory Piatetsky)

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