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All of the people I know who do data mining use R or Python. Since it's a good idea to compare your methods to comparable existing methods, and there are plent
by dalke 11y ago
All of the people I know who do data mining use R or Python.
Since it's a good idea to compare your methods to comparable existing methods, and there are plenty of existing decision tree implementations (eg, C4.5), you'll likely have to validate/compare against off-the-shelf systems before you can convince people to invest in your tool.
There are also a lot of data mining algorithm, most of which are free, so you're going to have stiff competition. An Excel system might work, if you have a specific target audience and can reach them easily. The details will depend on your problem domain. It wouldn't work in mine.
- ninjamayo 11y agoA lot of the people I know work in R or Python too however I also know a lot of people who dont have the coding or stats skills and need to do this kind of work. We thought it would be useful to build something simple in a familiar environment such as that of Excel. The tool doesn't require any kind of coding skills and its pretty simple to use. Thanks for the feedback though.
- dalke 11y agoWhich means it depends very much on your target market, so is a question that cannot be answered on HN, at least not in the generic form given here. Best of hopes for your product.