_Data Mining Applications with R_ is a great resource for researchers and professionals to understand the wide use of R, a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics, in solving different problems in industry. R is widely used in leveraging data mining techniques across many different industries, including government, finance, insurance, medicine, scientific research and more. Twenty different real-world case studies illustrate various techniques in rapidly growing areas, including: * Retail * Crime and homeland security * Stock markets * Social media * Sports * Bioinformatics * Spatial data analysis * Real estate This book is an ideal companion for data mining researchers in academia and industry looking for ways to turn this versatile software into a powerful analytic tool. * Helps data miners to learn to use R in their specific area of work and see how R can apply in different industries * Presents various case studies in real-world applications, which will help readers to apply the techniques in their work * Provides code examples and sample data for readers to easily learn the techniques by running the code by themselves