KDD Cup 1998 Data
Abstract
This is the data set used for The Second International Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Tools Competition, which was held in conjunction with KDD-98 The Fourth International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining. The competition task is a regression problem where the goal is to estimate the return from a direct mailing in order to maximize donation profits.
Usage Notes
The KDD-CUP-98 data set and the accompanying documentation are now
available for general use with the following restrictions:
- The users of the data must notify
Ismail Parsa (iparsa@epsilon.com) and
Ken Howes (khowes@epsilon.com)
in the event they produce results, visuals or tables, etc. from the
data and send a note that includes a summary of the final result.
- The authors of published and/or unpublished articles that use
the KDD-Cup-98 data set must also notify the individuals listed
above and send a copy of their published and/or unpublished work.
- If you intend to use this data set for training or educational
purposes, you must not reveal the name of the sponsor PVA
(Paralyzed Veterans of America) to the trainees or students. You
are allowed to say "a national veterans organization"...
For more information regarding the KDD-Cup (including the list of the
participants and the results), please visit the KDD-Cup-98 web page at:
http://www.epsilon.com/new.
While there, scroll down to Data Mining Presentations where you will
find the KDD-Cup-98 web page.
Ismail Parsa
Epsilon
50 Cambridge Street
Burlington MA 01803 USA
TEL: (781) 685-6734
FAX: (781) 685-0806
Information files:
- readme. This list, listing the files in the FTP server and their contents.
- instruct.txt . General instructions for the competition.
- cup98doc.txt. This file, an overview and pointer to more detailed information about the competition.
- cup98dic.txt. Data dictionary to accompany the analysis data set.
- cup98que.txt. KDD-CUP questionnaire. PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUIRED TO FILL-OUT THE QUESTIONNAIRE and turn in with the results.
- valtargt.readme. Describes the valtargt.txt file.
Data files:
- cup98lrn.zip PKZIP compressed raw LEARNING data set. (36.5M; 117.2M uncompressed)
- cup98val.zip PKZIP compressed raw VALIDATION data set. (36.8M; 117.9M uncompressed)
- cup98lrn.txt.Z UNIX COMPRESSed raw LEARNING data set. (36.6M; 117.2M uncompressed)
- cup98val.txt.Z UNIX COMPRESSed raw VALIDATION data set. (36.9M; 117.9M uncompressed)
- valtargt.txt. This file contains the target fields that were left out of the validation data set that was sent to the KDD CUP 98 participants. (1.1M)
The UCI KDD Archive
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University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-3425
Last modified: 16 Feb 1999