abstract = "Data mining has as goal to extract knowledge from
large databases. To extract this knowledge, a database
may be considered as a large search space, and a mining
algorithm as a search strategy. In general, a search
space consists of an enormous number of elements,
making an exhaustive search infeasible. Therefore,
efficient search strategies are of vital importance.
Search strategies based on genetic-based algorithms
have been applied successfully in a wide range of
applications. In this paper, we discuss the suitability
of genetic-based algorithms for data mining. We discuss
the design and implementation of a genetic-based
algorithm for data mining and illustrate its
potentials.",