Q1 – In at least 200 of your own words, describe data mining and explain its importance. To whom is it most important?
Q2 – In at least 500 of your own words, describe types of data and patterns that can be mined, sources of technology that is used, kinds of applications targeted, and major issues in data mining. Why is this important for you to know in product design?
Q3 – Use and understand any of the fundamentals (clustering, classification, text mining etc. that is related to data mining) and the underlined applications (e.g., The “Recommender System by Target”)
1. Form your thoughts over the domain that interests you the most.
2. Find an application for the same domain where the data mining fundamental is being used in the real world.
3. Once you have found the application create a flow diagram to explain the steps this application has used to perform data mining.
4. Show how data mining principles has helped this application to achieve the results they were aiming for.