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2009-2010 University Catalog

SYST 781 - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

Credits: 3
Cross-Listed with STAT 781

Statistical and computational methods and systems for deriving user-oriented knowledge from large databases and other information sources, and applying knowledge to support decision making. Information sources can be in numerical, textual, visual, or multimedia forms. Covers theoretical and practical aspects of current methods and selected systems for data mining, knowledge discovery, and knowledge management, including those for text mining, multimedia mining, and web mining.

Prerequisites
One of the following courses: CS 687, CS 650, INFS 614, STAT 663, STAT 664, or permission of the instructor.

Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week
3
Hours of Lab or Studio per week
0