We classified Data Mining Tools into 3 Categories
1. 1.Traditional Data Mining Tools
- These tools helps companies to establish data patterns and trends by using a number of complex algorithms and techniques.
- Installed on the desktop to monitor the data and highlight trends and others capture information residing outside a database.
2. 2. Dashboards
- These tools are enabling the user to see how the business is performing.
- Installed in computers to monitor information in a database, &dashboards reflect data changes and updates
3. 3. Text-mining Tools
- These kind of tools have ability to mine data from different kinds of text.
Ex - Ms Word and Acrobat PDF documents to simple text files
Except these tools, other applications and programs may be used for data mining purposes.
For example audit interrogation tools can be used to highlight fraud, data anomalies, and patterns.