Survey Report of Data Mining Tools Comparison Data Mining Software list:Tool Name Company Name URLCART Salford System /MARS Salford System /SEE5 RuleQuest Research /DIGITAL LOGIC Reduct &Lobbe Technologies Inc. /GRIT BOT RuleQuest Research /SAS SAS Institute /MAGNUM OPUS RuleQuest Research /SPSS SPSS Inc. /LERS RS SystemWEKA University of Waikato http:/www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ PlatformsTool Name PC Standalone (98/2000/XP/NT) Unix Standalone Client/Server Database ConnectivityCART Yes Yes Yes NoMARS Yes Yes No NoSEE5 Yes Yes No NoDIGITAL LOGIC Yes Unknown No NoGRIT BOT Yes Yes No NoSAS Yes No Yes YesMAGNUM OPUS Yes No No NoSPSS Yes No No NoLERS Yes No No NoWEKA Yes Yes No Yes Data Input formsTool NameStatistical-analysis packages(SAS SPSS)Spread sheets (Excel Lotus)Rational Databases (Informix Oracle)Data Translation ToolCART Yes Yes Yes DBMS/COPYMARS Yes Yes No DBMS/COPYSEE5 No No No Only used by own formatDIGITAL LOGIC Yes Yes NoMust define format file (*.typ)GRIT BOT No No NoOnly used by own formatSAS Yes No NoMAGNUM OPUS No No NoOnly used by own formatSPSS Yes No NoLERS No No No Only used by own formatWEKA No Yes YesTranslated to AREF format built on menu AlgorithmsTool NameDecision TreeLinear/StatisticalMulti-layer PerceptronsNearestNeighborRadial Basis FunctionsBayesRule InductionPolynomial NetworksGeneralized Linear ModelTime SeriesSequential DiscoveryKMeansAssociation RulesCART YesMARS YesSEE5 Yes YesDIGITAL LOGIC Yes YesGRIT BOTSAS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesMAGNUM OPUS YesSPSS Yes YesLERS YesWEKA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes VisualizationTool Name Histograms Pie Chart Scatter/Line Plots Classification Tree Correlation PlotsCART Yes YesMARS Yes YesSEE5 YesDIGITAL LOGICGRIT BOTSAS Yes Yes Yes YesMAGNUM OPUSSPSS Yes Yes YesLERSWEKA Yes Applied Fields AdvantagesTool Name Marketing Direct MailFinancial Service ManufacturingHealth CareCARTMarket segmentation, customer profiling, retention/attrition analysesMarket segment profitability, campaign targeting, response predictionCredit card scoring, fraud detectionAssembly line failures, quality controlClinical trials, biomedical researchMARS New customer acquisition Bankruptcy forecastingSEE5 AD predicting on webCredit risk accessing, real estate profilingProduction process controllingDIGITAL LOGICMarket pattern researchStock trend analysis,Agriculture pattern research, quality control, process model controlMedical diagnosingGRIT BOTCustomer segmentationBankruptcy forecastingAgriculture analysisDisease diagnosing, genes analysisSASMarketing timing, customer mention analysis, customer relationship managementCustomer classification and segmentationPortfolio performance analysisMAGNUM OPUSCustomer segmentingCredit data scoringSPSSCustomer life value analysis, including cross-sell, retention, acquisitionFinancial forecasting, budgeting analysisQuality improvement analysisLERS Credit scoringDecision support for diagnosingWEKA and disadvantagesTool Name Advantages DisadvantagesCART Depth of tree options Difficult file input/output, limited visualizationMARS Multivariate regression Limited algorithmsSEE5 Depth of tree options Few data options, limited visualizationDIGITAL LOGICCan be working with imprecise, incomplete and inconsistent dataLimited algorithmsGRIT BOT Strong anomalies finding Limited algorithmsSASDepth of algorithms, visual interface, reasonable graphic outputHard to use, need to master SAS programming languageMAGNUM OPUSFast speed (linear computation time), good flexibility, can handle big data