Emerging Perspectives on Using Avatar-Based Management Techniques for Internet User Investigations

Abstract

This chapter shows that statistics collection methods are the same for various types of websites. Often, a simple “counter” is used for both unique visitors to the site and the total number of hits to the site from unique and previously registered users. Speaking of a “digital” or “smart” economy, authors distinguish different categories (levels) of development: analysis, content of business intelligence, large data warehouses. Business analytics can be divided into a number of parts: modeling and analysis of system dynamics, expert systems and databases; knowledge and technology; geographic information (geo location); system analysis and design. The various methods and forms of information (statistical models) used to identify non-trivial patterns and propose solutions are often associated today with the concept of data mining. Intelligent data analysis involves the use of knowledge from a complex of data (databases). According to experts, data mining is one of the elements that is part of the process (database management system), which includes the analysis and cleaning of data.