Download Module code SS-4314 Module Title Data Mining Degree/Diploma

Modulecode
SS-4314
ModuleTitle
DataMining
Degree/Diploma
BachelorofScience(ComputerScience)
TypeofModule
MajorOption
ModularCredits
4
TotalstudentWorkload
10
hours/week
Contacthours
4
hours/week
Prerequisite
SS-2202AlgorithmsandDataStructures
SS-2203DatabaseDesign
SS-2207IntroductiontoArtificialIntelligenceandSoftComputing
Anti-requisite
None
Aims
Thismodulecoverspracticalapproachesofdataminingwiththeapplicationofmachinelearning
techniquesforanalyzingdatatodetermineunknownpropertiesaboutthedata.
ThismoduleisacompulsorymoduleforSoftComputingstream.
LearningOutcomes
Onsuccessfulcompletionofthismodule,astudentwillbeexpectedtobeableto:
Lowerorder: 20% - differentiatebetweendataminingandmachinelearning
- understandhowdataminingalgorithmswork
- understandandapplyperformanceimprovementtechniquesincludingpreprocessingofinputandaggregatingoutputfromdifferentmethods
- understandthedifferentprocessesinhandlingdataforextractionofuseful
information,includingintelligentdataanalysisandmodelling
Middleorder:60% - usedataminingtoolssuchasWekaandRtodevelopdatamining
applications
- selectappropriateapproachestoparticularproblems;analyseandevaluate
theresultsofdifferenttechniques
Higherorder: 20% - designandimplementdataminingtechniques,basedontherequirements
ofthedata(definingtheproblem)
ModuleContents
- Introductiontodatamininganditsapplications;dataminingtechnologies;
- Machinelearningandstatistics;clusteringandclassification;
- Evaluatingdataminingalgorithmsandvalidatingresults
- Ensemblemethods;featureextractionandselection;WekaandR
Assessment
Formative
assessment
InteractiveQuizzesandFeedback
Summative
assessment
Examination:50%
Coursework:50%
- 2classtests(20%)
- 1writtenassignment(15%)
- 1laboratoryexercise(15%)