This document discusses tensor factorizations and decompositions and their applications in data mining. It introduces tensors as multi-dimensional arrays and covers 2nd order tensors (matrices) and 3rd order tensors. It describes how tensor decompositions like the Tucker model and CANDECOMP/PARAFAC (CP) model can be used to decompose tensors into core elements to interpret data. It also discusses singular value decomposition (SVD) as a way to decompose matrices and reduce dimensions while approximating the original matrix.