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Digression on Data mining
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Example:� American Express special offers
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As
computing power and databases improved, AE
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could
compare buying patterns and choose
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cardholders
who might buy, say, a leather calendar
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What
began as a way to identify a few hundred
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customers,
soon found a few tens, then a few�
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And
finally, circa 1995, a
target population of one!
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