Need help in selecting data mining software

[anshu]

Hello,I am a beginner in data mining and just started a project on "Data mining of pharmaceutical data".Can anybody suggest a data mining tool or software that can help me.

The techniques that i am going to use in this project are as follows:-
1.Classification
2.Clustering
3.Neural Networks

[Vormund]

Doesn't this depend on your specific project?
[quote Definition]The analysis of data for relationships that have not previously been discovered.[/quote]

It's nothing I'm familiar with...so I would just suggest trying some from Google (I searched for 'data mining') as there are an abundance of choices!

Is this for school? It sounds interesting.

[anshu]

Originally Posted by Vormund

Doesn't this depend on your specific project?
[quote Definition]The analysis of data for relationships that have not previously been discovered.

It's nothing I'm familiar with...so I would just suggest trying some from Google (I searched for 'data mining') as there are an abundance of choices!

Is this for school? It sounds interesting. [/quote]

Yes,this is a college project:-

My project is divided into 2 parts:-
1.
Goal: Determine compounds with similar activity
Why: Compounds with similar activity may behave similarly
When:
Have known compound and are looking for something better.
Don’t have known compound but have desired activity and want to find compound that exhibits this activity.


2.
Goal: Predict if treatment will aid patients.
Why: If drug will not aid patients, what purpose does drug serve?
When:
Have data supporting use of drug.
Have training data that shows effects of drug (positive or negative).
Want to be able to predict which patients will benefit.


Thanks for the reply