MIST.4060 Data Mining for Business Intelligence (formerly 63.406: Decision Support Systems)
Id: 006498
Credits: 3-3
Description
Data mining and analytics can help transform raw data into business intelligence and insight. This course introduces data mining concepts and techniques and is intended to provide students with working knowledge of applying data mining methods. Throughout the course, students regularly use a widely used commercial data mining platform that also prepares them to pursue relevant certifications upon completing the course. Course topics include data exploration and preparation, sampling techniques, model evaluation methods, classification, regression, clustering, association rule mining, and text mining. Model transparency, explainability, and fairness issues are discussed.
Prerequisites
Junior or Senior standing.
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