You organization, private or public, is not
realizing the full potential of its internal databases,
nor is it capitalizing on the full potential of the
external databases available to it. These are bold
statements, but not coming from professional data
miners. Some call us wizards too.
It is not really wizardry though. We just know how
to extract meaningful knowledge from databases. It
is amazing, no doubt, to find that your databases
could tell you how to manage risks, reduce costs,
increase profits, read palms (i.e. forecast trends),
and just play the game right. Wait a second! You know
too much already… Just think of us as wizards!
Our approach is a mix of cutting edge science and
uncommon business insight: our competitors are always
lacking at least one! We put the best Artificial Intelligence
techniques to work on your internal and external data,
but we also have the natural intelligence to interpret
the results for you in English (or any other language
of your choice!). Here is Seeb Data Mining in action:
Your databases have
stories to tell.
Are you listening?


Your databases have stories to tell.
ARE
YOU LISTENING?
Check
out some of these real stories from the field of data
mining *:
Stocks, Commodities
and Futures
Currency Price Predictions
James O'Sullivan: Controls trading of more than 10
different financial markets with consistent profits.
Corporate Bond Rating
George Pugh: Predicts corporate bond ratings with
100% accuracy for consulting and trading.
Standard and Poor's 500 Prediction
LBS Capital Management, Inc: Predicts the S&P
500 one day ahead and one week ahead with better accuracy
than traditional methods.
Forecasting Stock Prices
Walkrich Investments: Neural Networks rate underpriced
stock; beating the S&P.
Automated Stock Forecasting
Cost Prediction
Northern Natural Gas: Predicts gas price change with
97% accuracy.
Business, Management, and Finance
Direct Marketing Mail Prediction
Microsoft: Improves response rates from 4.9% to 8.2%.
Credit Scoring
Herbert Jensen: Predicts loan application success
with 75-80% accuracy.
Real Estate Appraisal
Richard Borst: Appraises Pennsylvania and New York
residential real estate to within 6%.
Identifing Policemen with Potential for Misconduct
The Chicago Police Department predict misconduct potentail
based on employee records.
Medical Applications
Breast Cancer Cell Analysis
David Weinberg, MD: Image analysis ignores benign
cells and classifies malignant cells.
Hospital Expenses Reduced
Anderson Memorial Hospital: Improves the quality of
care, reduces death rate, and saved $500,000 in the
first 15 months of use.
Prediction of Functional Recovery
V. Oppenheimer, MD: Hospital personnel use Arcon Group's
BrainMaker-based FACT software over the Internet to
predict functional recovery of in-patients.
Diagnosing Heart Attacks
J. Furlong, MD: Recognizes Acute Myocardial Infarction
from enzyme data
Emergency Room Lab Test Ordering
S. Berkov, MD: Saves time and money ordering tests
using symptoms and demographics.
Classifying Patients for Psychiatric Care
G. Davis, MD: Predicts Length of Stay for Psychiatric
Patients, saving money
Sports Applications
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Don Emmons: 22 races, 17 winning horses.
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Rich Janeva: 39% of winners picked at odds better
than 4.5 to 1.
Dog Racing
Derek Anderson: 94% accuracy picking first place.
Science
Solar Flare Prediction
Dr. Henrik Lundstet: Predicts the next major solar
flare; helps prevent problems for power plants.
Protein Sequence Pattern Recognition
Dr. George Dombi: Recognizes Transmembrace Helical
Regions with 95-98% accuracy.
Mosquito Identification
Aubrey Moore: 100% accuracy distinguishing between
male and female, two species.
Spectroscopy
StellarNet Inc: Analyze spectral data to classify
materials.
Predicting El Nino
A research team at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration in Boulder, Colorado has trained a
neural network to predict El Nino.
Weather Forecasting
Fort Worth National Weather Service: Predict rainfall
to 85% accuracy.
Manufacturing
Welding Quality
Netrologic, Inc: Recognizes welds which are most likely
to fail under stress, providing increased safety,
fewer accidents, and higher production.
Plastics Testing
Monsanto: Predicts plastics quality, saving research
time, processing time, and manufacturing expense.
Computer Chip Manufacturing Quality
Intel: Analyzes chip failures to help improve yields.
Paper Quality Prediction
NLK - Celpap: Models pulp manufacturing processes,
predicting quality of the paper product.
Nondestructive Concrete Testing
Donald G. Pratt: Detects the presence and position
of flaws in reinforced concrete.
Optimizing Enzyme Synthesis
Kirk, Barfoed, and Bjorkling at NOVO Nordisk A/S in
Denmark used BrainMaker to predict the outcome of
a chemical reaction controlled by molar ratios, temperature,
pressure, amount of enzyme and stirring speed.
Steam Quality Testing
AECL Research in Manitoba, Canada has developed the
INSIGHT steam quality monitor, an instrument used
to measure steam quality and mass flowrate.
* All examples from the website of California
Scientific - makers of BrainMaker: a
favourite at Seeb Media Data Mining & Modeling
Lab.