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  1. Department of Computer and Information Science, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, USA

    Gary M. Weiss

  2. Department of Computer Science, Federal Fluminense University, Niteroi, Brazil

    Bianca Zadrozny

  3. Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

    Maytal Saar-Tsechansky

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Weiss, G.M., Zadrozny, B. & Saar-Tsechansky, M. Guest editorial: special issue on utility-based data mining. Data Min Knowl Disc 17, 129–135 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10618-008-0117-y

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