Extração de Conhecimento com Mineração de Dados
2013 May 07Esse artigo provavelmente é um dos primeiros que trata o assunto dentro da perspectiva de negócios e é assinado pela Universidade da Pensylvania- Wharton. O mais especial neste artigo de 1999 é o trecho abaixo na qual Pfizer através da análise de dados descobriu que por ventura o Viagra estava sendo utilizado por homens para outros propósitos.
Pharmaceutical companies often use data mining for both clinical and marketing operations. Stine explains that big drug firms often sort through massive databases of compounds to screen out the most potentially successful ones, a task that is nearly impossible to perform manually. Sometimes, success arrives serendipitously. Pfizer, for example, did not intend to develop Viagra as a treatment for impotence. The drug’s original purpose was to relieve angina pain, but data analysis revealed that men who used it experienced sexual arousal, which eventually led to its development as a treatment for impotence.