CP3300 - Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Business |
This subject is an introduction to principles, techniques and applications of data mining and knowledge discovery. This subject covers a broad spectrum of data mining encompassing the basics of data mining, knowledge discovery in databases, preprocessing, data warehousing, scalable clustering, classification, ensemble, exploratory data analysis, market basket analysis, association rules mining and domain specific applications.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the working principles of data mining and knowledgge discovery in databases;
- Develop data mining techniques using C++/Java;
- Analyse large datasets using data mining techniques;
- Use contemporary data mining suites.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
- The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
- The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
- The ability to work individually and independently.
| Prerequisites: | CP1200 AND CP1500 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | CP5605 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 25-Aug-2011 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Hossein Ghodosi. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); presentations (10%); assignments (20%); assignment 2 (20%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 25-Aug-2011 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Hossein Ghodosi. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); presentations (10%); assignments (20%); assignment 2 (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Ickjai Lee |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); presentations (10%); assignments (20%); assignment 2 (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 17-Nov-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Ickjai Lee |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); presentations (10%); assignments (20%); assignment 2 (20%). |
| Beijing UT, Internal, Study Period 68 | |
| Census Date 30-Jun-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Ickjai Lee |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); presentations (10%); assignments (20%); assignment 2 (20%). |
| Beijing UT, Internal, Study Period 69 | |
| Census Date 15-Dec-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Hossein Ghodosi |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); presentations (10%); assignments (20%); assignment 2 (20%). |
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