32130 Principles and Practice of Data Mining

6cp; availability: Honours and postgraduate degree students
Requisite(s): 32113 Advanced Database
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses. See access conditions.

Data mining is the art and science of teasing meaningful information and patterns out of large quantities of data. It combines statistical methods for identifying patterns in data and making inferences with a number of IT technologies, including database technologies for handling massive volumes of data, intelligent and smart systems technologies, visualisation and other multimedia techniques that appeal to human pattern-discovery capabilities. The subject offers a broad background to data mining methods and their application. It brings together state-of-the-art research and practice in related areas and provides students with the necessary knowledge and capacity to initiate and lead data mining projects that can turn company data into commercially valuable information.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
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.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Other students (such as postgraduate students and international students) should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

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