Date:         Sat, 27 Dec 2003 01:43:47 GMT
Reply-To:     Mike Adams <madams1443NOSPAM@AOL.COM>
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From:         Mike Adams <madams1443NOSPAM@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: FW: Data Mining Contest, $1500 Grand Prize,
              Please forward to stu dents and professors.  This is the only
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On 14-Oct-2003, rjf2@CDC.GOV wrote:

> As part of the CART 2004 Data Mining Conference,
> we have organized a student competition focusing on the data mining
> technology
> of Leo Breiman, Jerome Friedman, Richard Olshen,
> and Charles Stone (CART, MARS, PRIM, and TreeNet/MART).
>
> We see this as an opportunity for students to
> solve a real world data mining problem of personal interest to them
> while working with cutting-edge data mining software tools.   Professors
> might want to incorporate the contest into projects related to class work.

You might want to look at the DTREG program which is very similar to CART but a
LOT less expensive.
http://www.dtreg.com