31040 Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

6cp; availability: undergraduate degree students
Requisite(s): 31474 Database Fundamentals OR 31061 Database Principles OR 31487 Database Management Systems

Data mining is the art and science of turning large quantities of usually incomprehensive data into meaningful and sometimes commercially valuable information. It includes a number of IT areas, such as statistical methods for identifying patterns in data and making inferences, database technologies, intelligent and smart systems technologies, visualisation and other multimedia techniques that support human pattern discovery capabilities. This subject offers the foundations of data mining and knowledge discovery methods and their application to practical problems. It brings together state-of-the-art research and practical techniques in data mining, providing students with the necessary knowledge and capacity to initiate and conduct data mining research and development projects.

Typical availability

Spring semester, City campus

Fee information

2006 contribution for 2005/06 commencing Commonwealth-supported undergraduate students: $872.38
2006 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,310.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2006 for 2005/06 commencing Commonwealth-supported and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported undergraduate students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
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