The visual data mining process, seen in the first part of this two-part article, revealed patterns in four dimensions between cumulative gas well production and independent variables ...

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research says decision trees are useful for relatively small datasets and when the trained model must be easily interpretable, but often don't work well with large ...

If that data or experience is mistaken or crooked, a biased decision can be made, whether that decision is made by a human or a machine.

Data mining massive geological databases is a leading edge statistical technique useful in oil and gas exploration.