Data mining

A set of automated techniques used to extract buried or previously unknown pieces of information from large databases. Through the use of data mining, correlations or patterns among dozens of fields in large relational databases can be identified. This process allows potentially fraudulent claims and payments to be better identified.

[De Wispelaere, F. and Pacolet, J. (2017), op. cit.]

[White, J. D. (2015), Managing Information in the public sector. Internet: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HWymBgAAQBAJ&dq=correlations+or+patterns+among+dozens+of+fields+in+large+relational+databases+can+be+identified&source=gbs_navlinks_s ]