Expanding the role of institutional research at small private universities: A case study in enrollment management using data mining

2006 ◽  
Vol 2006 (131) ◽  
pp. 69-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Antons ◽  
Elliot N. Maltz
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Enrollment Management ◽  
Private Universities ◽  
Institutional Research ◽  
Using Data

A Data Mining Approach to Forming Generic Bills of Materials in Support of Variant Design Activities

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 316-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol J. Romanowski , ◽  
Rakesh Nagi
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Product Family ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Design Constraints ◽  
Variant Design ◽  
Data Mining Approach ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
Using Data ◽  
New Research

In variant design, the proliferation of bills of materials makes it difficult for designers to find previous designs that would aid in completing a new design task. This research presents a novel, data mining approach to forming generic bills of materials (GBOMs), entities that represent the different variants in a product family and facilitate the search for similar designs and configuration of new variants. The technical difficulties include: (i) developing families or categories for products, assemblies, and component parts; (ii) generalizing purchased parts and quantifying their similarity; (iii) performing tree union; and (iv) establishing design constraints. These challenges are met through data mining methods such as text and tree mining, a new tree union procedure, and embodying the GBOM and design constraints in constrained XML. The paper concludes with a case study, using data from a manufacturer of nurse call devices, and identifies a new research direction for data mining motivated by the domains of engineering design and information.

scholarly journals Customers Grouping Using Data Mining Techniques in the Food Distribution Industry (A Case Study)

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Customer Segmentation ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
Data Mining Techniques ◽  
Customer Lifetime ◽  
Rfm Model ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Production Company

Significant data development has required organizations to use a tool to understand the relationships between data and make various appropriate decisions based on the information obtained. Customer segmentation and analysis of their behavior in the manufacturing and distribution industries according to the purposefulness of marketing activities and effective communication and with customers has a particular importance. Customer segmentation using data mining techniques is mainly based on the variables of recency purchase (R), frequency of purchase (F) and monetary value of purchase (M) in RFM model. In this article, using the mentioned variables, twelve customer groups related to the BTB (business to business) of a food production company, are grouped. The grouping in this study is evaluated based on the K-means algorithm and the Davies-Bouldin index. As a result, customer grouping is divided into three groups and, finally the CLV (customer lifetime value) of each cluster is calculated, and appropriate marketing strategies for each cluster have been proposed.

Resolving the Paradox of Overconfident Students With Intelligent Methods

2018 ◽  
pp. 1971-1986
Author(s):  
Denis Smolin ◽  
Sergey Butakov
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Classification Tree ◽  
Classical Test Theory ◽  
Test Theory ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Data Mining Algorithms ◽  
Closing The Loop ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Intelligent Methods

The chapter presents a case study of using data mining tools to solve the puzzle of inconsistency between students' in-class performance and the results of the final tests. Classical test theory cannot explain such inconsistency, while the classification tree generated by one of the well-known data mining algorithms has provided reasonable explanation, which was confirmed by course exit interviews. The experimental results could be used as a case study of implementing Artificial Intelligence-based methods to analyze course results. Such analyses equip educators with an additional tool that allows closing the loop between assessment results and course content and arrangements.

Detection of Desertion Patterns in University Students Using Data Mining Techniques: A Case Study

2018 ◽  
pp. 420-429
Author(s):  
Dayana Vila ◽  
Saúl Cisneros ◽  
Pedro Granda ◽  
Cosme Ortega ◽  
Miguel Posso-Yépez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
University Students ◽  
Data Mining Techniques ◽  
Using Data

Data-Mining Techniques for an Analysis Of Non-Conventional Methodologies

2010 ◽  
pp. 82-91
Author(s):  
William Claster ◽  
Nader Ghotbi ◽  
Subana Shanmuganathan
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Knowledge Discovery ◽  
Western Medicine ◽  
Musculoskeletal Complaints ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Data Elements ◽  
Discovery Algorithms

Some common methodologies in our everyday life are not based on modern scientific knowledge but rather a set of experiences that have established themselves through years of practice. As a good example, there are many forms of alternative medicine, quite popular, however difficult to comprehend by conventional western medicine. The diagnostic and therapeutic methodologies are very different and sometimes unique, compared to that of western medicine. How can we verify and analyze such methodologies through modern scientific methods? We present a case study where data-mining was able to fill this gap and provide us with many tools for investigation. Osteopathy is a popular alternative medicine methodology to treat musculoskeletal complaints in Japan. Using data-mining methodologies, we could overcome some of the analytical problems in an investigation. We studied diagnostic records from a very popular osteopathy clinic in Osaka, Japan that included over 30,000 patient visits over 6 years of practice. The data consists of some careful measurements of tissue electro-conductivity differences at 5 anatomical positions. Data mining and knowledge discovery algorithms were applied to search for meaningful associations within the patient data elements recorded. This study helped us scientifically investigate the diagnostic methodology adopted by the osteopath.

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