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Figure 1.1
VisMiner Architecture
The architecture of VisMiner is represented in Figure 1.1. It consists of four
main components:
the
Control Center
, which manages the datasets, starts and stops the
modelers and viewers, and coordinates synchronization between viewers
VisSlave
and
ModelSlave
which establish the connections between a slave
computer and the Control Center
the
modelers
that execute the sophisticated data mining algorithms
the
viewers
that present interactive visualizations of the datasets and the
models generated using the datasets.
As evidenced by Figure 1.1, VisMiner may run on one or more computers.
The primary computer runs the Control Center. Computers that will present
visualizations should run VisSlave; computers that will be used for back-end
processing should run ModelSlave. In the full configuration of VisMiner, there
should be just one instance of the Control Center executing, and as many
instances of VisSlave and ModelSlave as there are computers available for their
respective purposes. If there is only one computer, use it to run all three
applications.
The Data Mining Process
Successful data mining requires a potentially time-consuming and methodical
process. That's why they call it “mining”. Gold prospectors don't buy their gear,
head out and discover gold on the first day. For them it takes months or even
