UNIT-I
1.
Explain the evolution of Database technology?
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Data collection and Database creation
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Database management systems
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Advanced database systems
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Data warehousing and Data Mining
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Web-based Database systems
_ New
generation of Integrated information systems
2.Explain
the steps of knowledge discovery in databases?
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Data cleaning
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Data integration
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Data selection
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Data transformation
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Data mining
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Pattern evaluation
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Knowledge presentation
3.
Explain the architecture of data mining system?
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Database, datawarehouse, or other information repository
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Database or data warehouse server
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Knowledge base
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Data mining engine
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Pattern evaluation module
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Graphical user interface
4.Explain
various tasks in data mining?
(Or)
Explain
the taxonomy of data mining tasks?
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Predictive modeling
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Classification
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Regression
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Time series analysis
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Descriptive modeling
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Clustering
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Summarization
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Association rules
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Sequence discovery
5.Explain
various techniques in data mining?
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Statistics (or) Statistical perspectives
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Point estimation
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Data summarization
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Bayesian techniques
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Hypothesis testing
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Correlation
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Regression
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Machine learning
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Decision trees
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Hidden markov models
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Artificial neural networks
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Genetic algorithms
_ Meta learning
UNIT-II
6.Explain
the issues regarding classification and prediction?
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Preparing the data for classification and prediction
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Data cleaning
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Relevance analysis
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Data transformation
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Comparing classification methods
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Predictive accuracy
o Speed
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Robustness
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Scalability
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Interpretability
7.Explain
classification by Decision tree induction?
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Decision tree induction
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Attribute selection measure.
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Tree pruning
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Extracting classification rules from decision trees
8.Write
short notes on patterns?
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Pattern definition
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Objective measures
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Subjective measures
_ Can
a data mining system generate all of the interesting
patterns?
_ Can
a data mining system generate only interesting
patterns?
9.Explain
mining single –dimensional Boolean associated rules from transactional
databases?
_ The
apriori algorithm: Finding frequent itemsets using
candidate
generation
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Mining frequent item sets without candidate generation
10.Explain
apriori algorithm?
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Apriori property
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Join steps
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Prune step
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Example
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Algorithm
11.Explain
how the efficiency of apriori is improved?
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Hash-based technique (hashing item set counts)
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Transaction reduction (reducing the number of transactions
scanned
in future iteration)
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Partitioning (Partitioning the data to find candidate item sets)
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Sampling (mining on a subset of the given data)
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Dynamic item set counting (adding candidate item sets at
different
points during a scan)
12.Explain
frequent item set without candidate without candidate generation?
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Frequent patterns growth (or) FP-growth
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Frequent pattern tree (or) FP-tree
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Algorithm
13.
Explain mining Multi-dimensional Boolean association rules from transaction
databases?
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Multi-dimensional (or) Multilevel association rules
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Approaches to mining Multilevel association rules
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Using uniform minimum support for all levels
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Using reduced minimum support at lower levels
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Level-by-level independent
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Level-cross filtering by single
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Level- cross filtering by k-item set
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Checking for redundant Multilevel association rules
14.Explain
constraint-based association mining?
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Knowledge type constraints
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Data constraints
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Dimension/level constraints
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Interestingness constraints
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Rule constraints
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Metarule-Guided mining of association of
association
rules
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Mining guided by additional rule constraints
Unit –III
15.Explain
regression in predictive modeling?
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Regression definition
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Linear regression
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Multiple regression
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Non-linear regression
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Other regression models
16.Explain
statistical perspective in data mining?
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Point estimation
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Data summarization
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Bayesian techniques
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Hypothesis testing
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Regression
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Correlation
17.
Explain Bayesian classification.
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Bayesian theorem
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Naïve Bayesian classification
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Bayesian belief networks
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Bayesian learning
18.
Discuss the requirements of clustering in data mining.
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Scalability
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Ability to deal with different types of attributes
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Discovery of clusters with arbitrary shape
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Minimal requirements for domain knowledge to determine
input
parameters
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Ability to deal with noisy data
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Insensitivity to the order of input records
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High dimensionality
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Interpretability and usability
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Interval scaled variables
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Binary variables
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Symmetric binary variables
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Asymmetric binary variables
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Nominal variables
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Ordinal variables
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Ratio-scaled variables
20.
Explain the partitioning method of clustering.
K-means
clustering
K-medoids
clustering
21.
Explain Visualization in data mining.
Various
forms of visualizing the discovered patterns
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Rules
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Table
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Crosstab
_ Pie
chart
_ Bar
chart
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Decision tree
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Data cube
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Histogram
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Quantile plots
_ q-q
plots
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Scatter plots
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Loess curves
UNIT IV
22.
Discuss the components of data warehouse.
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Subject-oriented
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Integrated
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Time-Variant
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Non-volatile
23.
List out the differences between OLTP and OLAP.
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Users and system orientation
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Data contents
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Database design
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View
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Access patterns
24.Discuss
the various schematic representations in multidimensional model.
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Star schema
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Snow flake schema
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Fact constellation schema
25.
Explain the OLAP operations I multidimensional model.
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Roll-up
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Drill-down
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Slice and dice
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Pivot or rotate
26.
Explain the design and construction of a data warehouse.
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Design of a data warehouse
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Top-down view
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Data source view
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Data warehouse view
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Business query view
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Process of data warehouse design
27.Expalin
the three-tier data warehouse architecture.
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Warehouse database server(Bottom tier)
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OLAP server(middle tier)
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Client(top tier)
28.
Explain indexing.
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Definition
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B-Tree indexing
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Bit-map indexing
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Join indexing
29.Write
notes on metadata repository.
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Definition
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Structure of the data warehouse
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Operational metadata
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Algorithms used for summarization
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Mapping from operational environment to data warehouse
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Data related to system performance
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Business metadata
30.
Write short notes on VLDB.
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Definition
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Challenge related to database technologies
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Issues in VLDB
UNIT V
31.Explain
data mining applications for Biomedical and DNA data analysis.
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Semantic integration of heterogeneous, distributed genome databases
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Similarity search and comparison among DNA sequences
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Association analysis.
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Path analysis
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Visualization tools and genetic data analysis.
32.
Explain data mining applications fro financial data analysis.
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Loan payment prediction and customer credit policy analysis.
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Classification and clustering of customers fro targeted marketing.
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Detection of money laundering and other financial crimes.
33.
Explain data mining applications for retail industry.
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Multidimensional analysis of sales, customers, products, time and region.
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Analysis of the effectiveness of sales campaigns.
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Customer retention-analysis of customer loyalty.
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Purchase recommendation and cross-reference of items.
34.
Explain data mining applications for Telecommunication industry.
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Multidimensional analysis of telecommunication data.
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Fraudulent pattern analysis and the identification of unusual patterns.
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Multidimensional association and sequential pattern analysis
_ Use
of visualization tools in telecommunication data analysis.
35.
Explain DBMiner tool in data mining.
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System architecture
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Input and Output
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Data mining tasks supported by the system
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Support of task and method selection
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Support of the KDD process
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Main applications
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Current status
36.
Explain how data mining is used in health care analysis.
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Health care data mining and its aims
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Health care data mining technique
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Segmenting patients into groups
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Identifying patients into groups
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Identifying patients with recurring health problems
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Relation between disease and symptoms
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Curbing the treatment costs
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Predicting medical diagnosis
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Medical research
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Hospital administration
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Applications of data mining in health care
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Conclusion
37.
Explain how data mining is used in banking industry.
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Data collected by data mining in banking
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Banking data mining tools
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Mining customer data of bank
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Mining for prediction and forecasting
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Mining for fraud detection
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Mining for cross selling bank services
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Mining for identifying customer preferences
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Applications of data mining in banking
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Conclusion
38.
Explain the types of data mining.
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Audio data mining
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Video data mining
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Image data mining
_ Scientific and statistical data mining
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