IT 4136

Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining: 3-0-3

A study of the process of automatically extracting valid, useful, and previously unknown information from large databases and using it to make crucial business decisions. Data Mining has evolved from several areas including databases, artificial intelligence, information retrieval, and statistics. This course is designed to provide students with a solid understanding of knowledge discovery and data mining concepts and tools including machine learning, data warehousing, rule discovery, and information compression and reconstruction. Prerequisites: A minimum grade of "C" in IT 3233 and STAT 2231 or BUSA 3131.