We are pleased to announce a new, enhanced, version of MineSet, will shortly be available for beta testing. MineSet provides a suite of software tools and a development platform for data mining and data visualization solutions. The suite includes data acquisition and extraction capabilities, sophisticated analytical data modeling and deployment, and intuitive visualizations. MineSet is a client/server application that runs on Windows� 98, Windows� ME, Windows� NT, and Windows� 2000. (Irix and Linux are also supported by MineSet, but will not be available in the beta program.) Additional information about MineSet is available at http://mineset.sgi.com This new beta release, MineSet 4.0, comes with a powerful set of new mining and visualization tools and significantly enhanced API's for embedding data mining functionality into applications. Beta images will be available for Microsoft Windows� platforms. If you are interested in participating in the beta program, please sign up at http://www.sgi.com/cgi-bin/mineset/nda.cgi New features in this release include: * A new MineSet Control API permits applications to build and execute data mining histories. * New visualization tools for high-dimensional data sets and improved display of analytic results. * New analytic tools for improved clustering, improved decision tree induction and detection of anomalous behavior. * Automatic build and compare of analytic classifiers. * Optimized handling of data transformations in the DBMS. * Improved performance of the user interface. We expect the first beta images to be available for download in a few weeks. We will distribute 2 to 3 beta images before the final release of MineSet 4.0, which we are expecting to complete before the end of 2001. Note that previous versions of MineSet will need to be uninstalled in order to run the beta versions. If you have any questions about the beta program, please send us e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sincerely - MineSet Team
