What is defined as Data mining?

Question

There are three popular algorithms of Association Rule Mining, Apriori (based on candidate generation), FP-Growth (based on without candidate generation) and Eclat (based on lattice traversal). Which one is best in order to easy to use, and implement? Also why should I choose Apriori over other?

Answer 1

Data mining requires a class of database applications that look for hidden patterns in a group of data that can be used to predict future behavior. For example, data mining software can help retail companies find customers with common interests.
The phrase data mining is commonly misused to describe software that presents data in new ways. True data mining software doesn't just change the presentation, but actually discovers previously unknown relationships among the data.
Data mining is popular in the science and mathematical fields but also is utilized increasingly by marketers trying to distill useful consumer data from Web sites.