DT-Miner: Data Mining for the People

DT-miner, a system that integrates association rules in the exploration framework of dynamic taxonomies,is presented. Dynamic taxonomies are a general model for the user-centric systematic and guided exploration of complex information bases. The goal of DT-miner is two-fold: from the one side, it provides a highly interactive, user-centered environment for the exploration of significant association rules according to users´ interests. From the other side, exploration through dynamic taxonomies can significantly benefit from association rule metrics that improve user understanding of the information base and can inform the selections he makes.