%0 Journal Article %T Data mining in real estate appraisal: a model tree and multivariate adaptive regression spline approach %A Claudio Acciani %A Vincenzo Fucilli %A Ruggiero Sardaro %J Aestimum %D 2011 %I Firenze University Press %X In this paper we adopt two exploratory modelling techniques: Model Trees and Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines. The objective is the building of two sale price prediction models in order to highlight possible market segments not detectable a priori. We show how these novel procedures can help to understand complex patterns and interactions among predictors in real estate appraisal. %U http://www.fupress.net/index.php/ceset/article/view/9560