ABSTRACT
We will use the open source data mining solution RapidMiner for the practical exercises in this book and for demonstrating the use cases for data mining, predictive analytics, and text mining discussed here. Before we can work with RapidMiner, you of course need to download and install the software first. You will find RapidMiner in the download area of the Rapid-I website: https://www.rapid-i.com. If you want to follow the use cases in this book, it is highly recommended to download the appropriate installation package for your operating system and install RapidMiner according to the instructions on the website now. All usual Windows versions are supported as well as Macintosh, Linux or Unix systems. Please note that an up-to-date Java Runtime Environment (JRE) with at least version 7 is needed for all non-Windows systems. You can find such a JRE for example at https://www.java.com/.
